Whitewright fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Collinsville on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 7-2 to the Collinsville Pirates. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Pirates recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Whitewright saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Clayton Jones, who went 1-for-4 with one RBI.
Whitewright's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Collinsville, their victory was their 25th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
Coming up, a feisty cat fight will be fought as Whitewright Tigers challenge Savoy Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Whitewright is facing Savoy at the right time seeing as Savoy is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Collinsville, they will welcome Tom Bean at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Tom Bean 3.5, Collinsville 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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