The Maumelle Hornets will head out on the road to challenge the North Little Rock Charging Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Maumelle nor North Little Rock posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Maumelle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Beebe, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Maumelle was ranked 17th). Maumelle took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Beebe last Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Maumelle has lost by exactly four runs.
Meanwhile, North Little Rock fell victim to Cabot and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 17-0 to the Panthers. North Little Rock has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Maumelle's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-5-1. As for North Little Rock, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-19.
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