The Loretto Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Columbia Central Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Loretto's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Columbia Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Last Friday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Loretto had to settle for a 7-5 defeat against Summertown. Loretto has not had much luck with Summertown recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Loretto saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kiersten Randell, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Columbia Central entered their tilt with Marshall County with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They had just enough and edged the Tigers out 6-4. Six seems to be a good number for Columbia Central as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Loretto's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Columbia Central, they pushed their record up to 19-8-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything went Loretto's way against Columbia Central in their previous matchup back in March as Loretto made off with a 14-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Loretto since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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