The Munford Cougars will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Brighton Cardinals at 6:30 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Munford: 2.9, Brighton: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Munford fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Brighton on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Cardinals by a score of 3-2. Munford has not had much luck with Brighton recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Stephen Kemp was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over eight innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits.
On the hitting side, Munford saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Phillips, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Munford's loss dropped their record down to 18-10. As for Brighton, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
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