The Oak Mountain Eagles will face off against the Auburn Tigers at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Oak Mountain is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Oak Mountain will bounce into Saturday's match after beating Houston, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Oak Mountain sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-6 victory over Houston on Friday. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by exactly two runs.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Tigers on Friday. Auburn fell just short of Hartselle by a score of 2-1. Auburn has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Ezra Stanton was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Those hits marked the first that he allowed this season.
On the hitting side, Auburn saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wilson Foster, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one triple.
Auburn's defeat dropped their record down to 12-10. As for Oak Mountain, their win bumped their record up to 13-8.
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