The Ironton Fighting Tigers will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Russell Red Devils at 5:30 p.m. Ironton's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Russell's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Ironton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Boyd County on Thursday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lions.
Meanwhile, Russell had just enough and edged Paintsville out 3-1 on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Russell.
Russell saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elijah Hankins, who went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Ironton's defeat dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Russell, their win bumped their record up to 9-19.
Ironton came out on top in a nail-biter against Russell in their previous meeting back in March, sneaking past 3-2. Does Ironton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Russell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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