The Festus Tigers will head out to take on the Farmington Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Festus' pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Farmington's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Festus and Hillsboro, and Festus kept the tradition alive. The Tigers walked away with a 7-4 win over the Hawks on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Farmington had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 1-0 W against the Mules. That's two games straight that the Knights have won by just one run.
Farmington's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-7. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Festus, their victory bumped their record up to 19-14-1.
Festus couldn't quite get it done against Farmington in their previous meeting on May 2nd as they fell 8-4. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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