The North Pontotoc Vikings are taking a road trip to take on the New Albany Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. North Pontotoc will be strutting in after a win while New Albany will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, North Pontotoc turned things around against West Union on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Eagles, sneaking past 8-7.
Meanwhile, New Albany scored the most runs they've had this season on Saturday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of Water Valley by a score of 19-18. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (ten), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
New Albany got a massive performance out of Landon Evans, who went 3-for-5 with three runs, four RBI, and two doubles. Those three runs gave Evans a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Parker Hicks, who went 2-for-5 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Even though they lost, New Albany was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .487. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
North Pontotoc now has a winning record of 7-6. As for New Albany, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-7.
North Pontotoc beat New Albany 8-5 in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Does North Pontotoc have another victory up their sleeve, or will New Albany turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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