The Claxton Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Long County Blue Tide at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Claxton will bounce into Monday's match after beating Jenkins County, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Everything went Claxton's way against Jenkins County on Thursday as Claxton made off with a 10-1 win. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by nine runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Long County made sure to put some runs up on the board against Liberty County on Thursday. Long County blew past Liberty County 10-2. The result was nothing new for the Blue Tide, who have now won four matchups by eight runs or more so far this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Claxton and bumps their season record up to 4-6. As for Long County, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-7.
Claxton skirted past Long County 2-1 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Claxton since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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