The Evansville Memorial Tigers will face off against the Evansville Reitz Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Evansville Memorial's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Evansville Reitz's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Evansville Reitz will be up against a hot Evansville Memorial squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Tigers narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past North Posey 6-4. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Meanwhile, Evansville Reitz suffered their biggest defeat since May 1st on Saturday. They came up short against North Posey, falling 9-1.
Evansville Reitz got a good showing from Josiah Spanner, who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Evansville Reitz saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Keegan Cape, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double.
Evansville Reitz has also been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 13 contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-14 record this season. As for Evansville Memorial, their win bumped their record up to 15-3.
Evansville Memorial came out on top in a nail-biter against Evansville Reitz in their previous matchup two weeks ago, sneaking past 1-0. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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