King is 0-7 against Robinson since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The King Lions will square off against the Robinson Knights at 5:00 p.m. King is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
King is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Middleton a 16-0 shutout. The high-scoring effort was just what King needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Enrique Fernandez looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, King got a massive performance out of Alex Quintero, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Cooper Messenger was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Newsome typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Robinson proved too difficult a challenge. They won by a run and slipped past the Wolves 2-1.
Robinson saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cason Cooper, who went 1-for-1 with an RBI.
King's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-13. As for Robinson, the victory got them back to even at 12-12.
King might still be hurting after the 16-1 defeat they got from Robinson in their previous matchup on April 11th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Robinson's Samuel Hyman, who struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Now that King knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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