A feisty cat fight will be fought as Deshler Tigers duke it out with Brooks Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Deshler's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Brooks's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
If Deshler beats Brooks with eight runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Tigers beat North Sand Mountain on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 8-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Brooks ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They walked away with a 6-3 victory over Florence.
Brooks let Tristan Vandiver and Andrew Edwards run wild. Vandiver went 3-for-5 with three RBI and one triple, while Edwards scored three runs while going 2-for-5. Brooks is 2-1 when Edwards posts two or more runs, but 7-13 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Slade Vandervelde, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Brooks has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-14 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Deshler, their victory bumped their record up to 18-9.
Deshler beat Brooks 6-3 in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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