The Nitro Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the St. Albans Red Dragons at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Nitro has given up an average of 9.9 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Nitro is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Point Pleasant on Monday. They came up short against the Big Blacks, falling 17-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Wildcats in their meetings with the Big Blacks: they've now lost seven in a row.
Nitro saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mckenzie Hyatt, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.
Meanwhile, St. Albans came up short against Chapmanville Regional on Monday and fell 7-4.
Paige White was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Nitro's loss dropped their record down to 7-20. As for St. Albans, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-17.
Nitro couldn't quite get it done against St. Albans when the teams last played back in April as they fell 10-5. Can the Wildcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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