After flying high against Portland on Saturday, Macon County came back down to earth. The Macon County Tigers fell just short of the White House Blue Devils by a score of 9-8 on Saturday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Macon County of the 3-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture on Friday.
Braylon Flowers was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and four unearned) runs off five hits. Flowers has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Flowers was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Flowers wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Gage Jones, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Chase Keene was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Macon County dropped their record down to 18-14-1 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for White House, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 15-12.
As of now, neither Macon County nor White House have any future games scheduled.
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