Childersburg is 1-9 against Sylacauga since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Childersburg Tigers will look to defend their home field against the Sylacauga Aggies at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, Childersburg never let their opponents score. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Montevallo and snuck past 2-0.
Munford typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Sylacauga proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Lions by a score of 6-1.
Conner Phillips was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Oden, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base.
Childersburg's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-7. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs per game. As for Sylacauga, their victory bumped their record up to 10-2.
Childersburg suffered a grim 13-5 defeat to Sylacauga in their previous meeting on March 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sylacauga's Rhett Sims, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over 4.2 innings pitched. Now that Childersburg 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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