The Festus Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Seckman Jaguars at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Festus is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Herculaneum onto the board and left with a 16-0 win two weeks ago. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, Seckman made easy work of Parkway North on Monday and carried off a 12-4 win. The result was nothing new for the Jaguars, who have now won eight matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Claire Knoll made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Knoll was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Audrey Davis and Payton Bantle did most of the damage at the plate: Davis scored two runs while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances, while Bantle scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. What's more, Davis also racked up three hits, the mostshe's had since back in September of 2023. Another player making a difference was Emma Maness, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Seckman kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now hit at least eight hits in eight consecutive contests.
Festus has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Seckman, their victory bumped their record up to 13-10.
Everything went Festus' way against Seckman when the teams last played back in September, as Festus made off with a 14-2 win. Will Festus repeat their success, or does Seckman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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