Seminary has won 11 straight games at home, while Northeast Jones has won 11 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Monday. The Bulldogs will welcome the Tigers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Seminary 3, Northeast Jones 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Seminary is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Germantown just ended the team's 15-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Mavericks by a score of 10-8. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Bulldogs, who until this game were averaging 3.04 runs allowed.
Eric McCullum made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jomarrion 'JoJo' Flowers, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Northeast Jones' rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Forest a 15-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won 14 matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
Northeast Jones got a massive performance out of Kaden Padgett, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. Jasper Herrington was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Northeast Jones has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-6-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.9 runs over those games. As for Seminary, their loss dropped their record down to 22-5.
Seminary took their victory against Northeast Jones in their previous meeting back in February by a conclusive 14-8 score. Will the Bulldogs repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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