The Wills Point Tigers will head out to square off against the Sulphur Springs Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Wills Point has given up an average of 7 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Wills Point came into their game on Thursday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Community, falling 12-5. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their meetings with the Braves: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Sulphur Springs had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Indians, sneaking past 7-5.
Gracie Thompson was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Brailie Blevins, who went 1-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Sulphur Springs pushed their record up to 22-7 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Wills Point, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13-1.
Wills Point couldn't quite get it done against Sulphur Springs in their previous matchup back in February of 2017 as they fell 8-5. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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