The Pike County Pirates will challenge the Callaway Cavaliers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pike County has three straight victories, Callaway has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Callaway's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Tuesday: Pike County hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Pike County never let Rutland onto the board and left with a 15-0 win on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won 16 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Callaway's offense. They came up short against Harris County on Friday, falling 8-0. That's two games in a row now that the Cavaliers have lost by exactly eight runs.
Callaway saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaitlyn Williams, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Pike County is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Callaway, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
Pike County took their victory against Callaway in their previous meeting back in August by a conclusive 12-0. Does Pike County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Callaway turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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