The Sipsey Valley Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Oxford Yellow Jackets at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Sipsey Valley's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Oxford's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Saturday, Sipsey Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Sparkman and fell 6-5.
Meanwhile, Oxford faced Thompson in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Oxford fell 6-1 to Thompson. The loss continues a trend for the Yellow Jackets in their meetings with the Warriors: they've now lost six in a row.
Oxford got a good showing from Colton Parten, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, Oxford saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Marcus Lawler, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Sipsey Valley has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-11 record this season. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only 2.5 runs. Oxford's loss dropped their record down to 12-6.
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