After three games on the road, Horace Mann is heading back home. They will take on the Dalton Tigers at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The last three games Horace Mann has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Monday, it was a hard-fought game, but Horace Mann had to settle for a 10-8 loss against Riverdale Country.
Meanwhile, Dalton waltzed into their match on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Eagles onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory.
The team relied heavily on Sam Klein, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Miles Gumbs, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Horace Mann's defeat dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Dalton, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Horace Mann suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Dalton when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dalton's Chase Callahan, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over 4.2 innings pitched. Now that Horace Mann knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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