The Circleville Tigers will face off against the Licking Valley Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Circleville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 win over Dover. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Tigers have posted since May 15th.
Meanwhile, Licking Valley had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 2-0 win.
Circleville is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 18 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Licking Valley, their win bumped their record up to 20-6.
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