The Nettleton Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Alcorn Central Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Nettleton is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Nettleton might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 14-9 to East Webster, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Alcorn Central can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Monday. They blew past Falkner 13-1. The victory was just what Alcorn Central needed coming off of an 11-3 defeat in their prior game.
Alcorn Central saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Williams, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Nettleton now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Alcorn Central, the win got them back to even at 8-8.
Everything went Nettleton's way against Alcorn Central when the teams last played back in March of 2021 as Nettleton made off with a 9-3 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Alcorn Central's Parker Rushing, who struck out seven batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off six hits. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for Nettleton to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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