The Watertown Purple Tigers will head out on the road to take on the York Institute Dragons at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Watertown will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
If Watertown beats York Institute with five runs on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Watertown skirted past Upperman 5-3. That's two games straight that Watertown has won by exactly two runs.
Meanwhile, York Institute put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Friday. Everything went their way against Clay County as York Institute made off with a 16-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for York Institute.
Elijah Garrett looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, York Institute got a massive performance out of Ethan Haley, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Jalen Garrett was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 1-for-2.
Watertown is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-1-1 record this season. As for York Institute, they now have a winning record of 10-9-1.
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