The Nevada Tigers will take on the Bolivar Liberators at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Nevada is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Smith-Cotton on Friday. They came up short against Smith-Cotton, falling 8-2.
Meanwhile, Bolivar didn't have quite enough to beat Pleasant Hill on Friday and fell 9-7. The Liberators have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Garretson Cook was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. That home run marked the first that he launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Remmer Carr, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Nevada dropped their record down to 5-5 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. Those road defeats can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Bolivar, their loss dropped their record down to 9-2.
Everything went Nevada's way against Bolivar when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Nevada made off with a 12-6 victory. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Liberators turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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