The Sterling Tigers will head out to face off against the Lone Grove Longhorns at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It was a proper cat-fight when Sterling challenged Fletcher on Monday. The Tigers never let the Wildcats get on the board and left with a 5-0 win. The victory continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now won five in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lone Grove). Everything went their way against Lexington on Tuesday as they made off with a 20-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Longhorns, who have now won eight contests in a row.
Lone Grove's win was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-3. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Sterling, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
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