The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pioneer Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Tippecanoe Valley is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They took a 16-13 hit to the loss column at the hands of Marion on Saturday. Tippecanoe Valley has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Hunter Paxton was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamison Phillips, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Tippecanoe Valley kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Pioneer won against Triton on Saturday with nine runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Pioneer came out on top against Triton by a score of 9-6. That's two games straight that Pioneer has won by exactly three runs.
The team relied heavily on Eli Guffey, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, a run, and a double.
Tippecanoe Valley's loss dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Pioneer, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season.
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