Booneville will head out to face off against Mena at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
It was a proper cat-fight when Booneville took on Mansfield on Thursday. The Bearcats fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 8-7. The loss continues a trend for the Bearcats in their meetings with the Tigers: they've now lost six in a row.
Mena never got on the board in their matchup on Tuesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Waldron on Friday. They put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 10-0 win. Considering the Bearcats have won nine matchups by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Mena pushed their record up to 12-3 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Booneville, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-7.
Booneville came out on top in a nail-biter against Mena when the teams last played back in March of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Does Booneville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mena turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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