The Hastings Tigers are on the road again on Monday to play the Beatrice Orangemen at 3:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Hastings: 3.8, Beatrice: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Hastings is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 10-5 victory over Blair. Hastings' win was all the more impressive since the Bears were averaging only 2.08 runs allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, Beatrice faced Pius X in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Beatrice's pitchers stepped up to hand Pius X a 7-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Orangemen, who have now won 17 contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Hastings is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 31-7 record this season. As for Beatrice, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 29-5.
Everything went Hastings' way against Beatrice in their previous meeting back in September, as Hastings made off with an 8-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hastings 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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