The St. Mary Vikings will face off against the Murray Tigers at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither St. Mary nor Murray posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Murray is facing St. Mary at the wrong time: St. Mary suffered their first home loss of the season on Monday and they're likely out for redemption. They came up short against the Lyons, falling 9-1. The game marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Graves County hit Murray with a five-run second inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Tigers fell 6-1 to the Eagles. The Tigers have struggled against the Eagles recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.
Murray saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Asa Munsey, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.
Murray now has a losing record of 9-10. As for St. Mary, their loss dropped their record down to 12-2.
St. Mary was able to grind out a solid victory over Murray in their previous matchup back in March, winning 7-2. Do the Vikings have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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