The Ironton Fighting Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Wheelersburg Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Ironton: 3.6, Wheelersburg: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Ironton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Boyd County on Thursday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lions.
Meanwhile, Wheelersburg came tearing into Thursday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Musketeers with a sharp 12-5 victory. The result was nothing new for Wheelersburg, who have now won ten contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Ironton's loss dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Wheelersburg, they pushed their record up to 18-2 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Ironton suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Wheelersburg when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Ironton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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