For the second straight game, Mize will face off against Puckett. The Bulldogs will host the Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Mize 3.7, Puckett 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mize heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Saturday. They fell 8-3 to Puckett.
For Puckett's part, they got a massive performance out of Eli Rankin, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and one stolen base. Rankin continues to improve, besting his previous run total in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Tim Axton, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs and one RBI.
Puckett was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .387. The last time their batting average was this high was back in March.
The win (which was Puckett's third in a row) raised their record to 19-7. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Mize, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-9.
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