The Castle Knights will challenge the Gibson Southern Titans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Castle comes in on six and Gibson Southern on seven.
Castle's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Evansville Central with a sharp 11-0 win.
Aubrey Baker was incredible, going 1-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Mati Hughes was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Castle hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least five batters in nine consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gibson Southern). They were the clear victors by a 23-12 margin over Vincennes Lincoln on Monday. Considering the Titans have won 11 games by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Castle pushed their record up to 13-11 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Gibson Southern, their victory bumped their record up to 18-8.
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