Slidell and Covington are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Slidell Tigers will be playing at home against the Covington Lions at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Slidell's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Covington's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Slidell unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ponchatoula. Slidell has not had much luck with Ponchatoula recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Slidell saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bailey Mackles, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Covington gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Patrick Taylor Science & Tech Academy with a sharp 7-1 victory. Winning may never get old, but Covington sure is getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Slidell's loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-5. As for Covington, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-11 record this season.
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