The Bland Tigers will head out to take on the North Hopkins Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bland has given up an average of 9.7 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Bland couldn't beat Celeste on Thursday even though they stacked four runs on them in the sixth inning. The Tigers came up short against the Blue Devils, falling 17-7. The loss continues a trend for the Tigers in their meetings with the Blue Devils: they've now lost three in a row.
Bland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Blaine Hargove, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one double.
Meanwhile, North Hopkins had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They never let the Bears get on the board and left with a 13-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won 14 matches by six runs or more so far this season.
North Hopkins' win bumped their record up to 19-4. As for Bland, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-14.
Bland suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to North Hopkins when the teams last played back in February of 2022. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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