The Licking Wildcats will take on the Fair Grove Eagles at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Licking's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Fair Grove's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
It was a proper cat-fight when Licking duked it out with Salem on Tuesday. The Wildcats put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 12-1 win. The Wildcats have beaten the Tigers the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Tigers has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, Fair Grove fell victim to Hollister and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. The Eagles' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Licking pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Fair Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 8-3.
Licking came out on top in a nail-biter against Fair Grove in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, sneaking past 8-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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