The Hoover Cardinals are taking a road trip to challenge the Lincoln Hornets at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Hoover will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Kearny, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Cardinals came out on top against the Komets on Tuesday by a score of 6-5 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Cardinals have posted since March 25, 2024.
Hoover saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jason Sanchez, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Lincoln entered their tilt with High Tech SD on Thursday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Storm, sneaking past 8-6. That's two games straight that the Hornets have won by exactly two runs.
Lincoln's record is now 12-7. As for Hoover, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-18.
Hoover suffered a grim 27-0 defeat to Lincoln in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can the Cardinals avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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