The Canton Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Clopton Hawks at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Canton will be strutting in after a win while Clopton will be coming in after a loss.
Canton put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Friday. They put the hurt on Knox County with a sharp 12-2 victory. That's two games straight that Canton has won by exactly ten runs.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Clopton's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 18-0 walloping at the hands of North Callaway on Friday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Clopton in their matchups with North Callaway: they've now lost three in a row.
The win was the third in a row for Canton, bringing their record for this year to 6-2. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs per game. As for Clopton, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
Canton beat Clopton 7-2 in their previous matchup back in May of 2016. Does Canton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Clopton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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