Giddings fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Smithville on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 5-4. The Buffaloes have struggled against the Tigers recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost meeting.
Giddings' defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 8-6. As for Smithville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-5-1 record this season.
While Giddings had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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