The Midtown Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Mays Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
On Monday, Midtown fell victim to a tough 12-3 defeat at the hands of Villa Rica. Midtown has not had much luck with Villa Rica recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Midtown saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kingston Glover, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Mays was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 28-11 walloping at the hands of Tri-Cities. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
The match pitted two dominant sluggers against one another in Amari Robinson and Quenton Mitchell. Mitchell had a great game and scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances. Meanwhile, Robinson did his best for the losing side, scoring three runs while going 2-for-4.
Midtown's defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Mays, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
Midtown came out on top in a nail-biter against Mays in their previous matchup on March 4th, sneaking past 8-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Midtown 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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