The Prairie Grove Tigers will head out to take on the Hackett Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Prairie Grove is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Fayetteville, who was ranked ninth at the time (Prairie Grove was ranked 15th). Prairie Grove fell 33-29 to Fayetteville on Monday. One positive for the Tigers, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Prairie Grove got a massive performance out of Jill Emerson, who got on base in five of her seven plate appearances with one home run, five RBI, and three runs. That's the most runs Emerson has posted since back in April of 2024. Ivey Sparkman was another key player, going 3-for-6 with one home run, six RBI, and four runs.
Even though they lost, Prairie Grove always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .638. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Hackett put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Lavaca by a score of 7-3. That's two games straight that the Hornets have won by exactly four runs.
Hackett pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Prairie Grove, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-3.
Prairie Grove couldn't quite get it done against Hackett when the teams last played on Saturday as they fell 5-1. Can Prairie Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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