The Jackson Jaguars will face off against the South Atlanta Hornets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Jackson has given up an average of 13.7 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Jackson is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 29 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Midtown on Tuesday. They came up short against the Knights, falling 18-1. The Jaguars haven't had much luck with the Knights recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Atlanta). They were the clear victors by a 28-1 margin over Columbia on Tuesday. Considering the Hornets have won 11 matchups by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
The win made it two in a row for South Atlanta and bumps their season record up to 11-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 3 runs in those games. As for Jackson, their loss dropped their record down to 3-14.
Everything went Jackson's way against South Atlanta when the teams last played back in September of 2017, as Jackson made off with a 21-13 win. Do the Jaguars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hornets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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