The Ozark Tigers will face off against the Central Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Ozark didn't have quite enough to beat Glendale and fell 4-3. The Tigers have struggled against the Falcons recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost meeting.
Cooper Pumphrey was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off only two hits. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in April.
At the plate, Marcus Heavin was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Central won against Parkview on Tuesday with 14 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Bulldogs beat the Vikings by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 14-2. Considering the Bulldogs have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
The win (which was Central's third in a row) raised their record to 8-10. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Ozark, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-7.
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