The Asher Indians are taking a road trip to square off against the Wright City Lumberjax at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Asher's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Strother as Asher made off with an 8-0 victory. The match marked the Indians' most dominant win of the season so far.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Wright City, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Rock Creek with a sharp 16-1 victory on Monday. The Lumberjax might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by eight runs or more this season.
Wright City pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Asher, their win bumped their record up to 5-3.
Asher suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Wright City in their previous meeting back in March of 2015. Can Asher avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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