The Kirksville Tigers will head out to challenge the Hallsville Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Kirksville has six straight wins, Hallsville has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
It was a proper cat-fight when Kirksville took on Palmyra on Wednesday. The Tigers' pitchers stepped up to hand the Panthers a 10-0 shutout. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by six runs or more this season.
Eldon hit Hallsville with a five-run seventh inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Indians lost 11-4 to the Mustangs.
Kirksville pushed their record up to 16-16 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.4 runs over those games. As for Hallsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-23.
Kirksville couldn't quite finish off Hallsville in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 and fell 2-0. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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