The Marsh Valley Eagles will take on the Mountain Home Tigers at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Marsh Valley is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Kimberly on Thursday. They came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 8-2.
Meanwhile, Mountain Home was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 9-6 to Meridian. The contest marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Erik Russell was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and one double. Sonny Lasuen was another key player, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI.
Mountain Home now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Marsh Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Everything went Marsh Valley's way against Mountain Home in their previous meeting back in March of 2021, as Marsh Valley made off with a 10-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the team 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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