The Alma Airedales will challenge the Charleston Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Alma sitting on three straight wins and Charleston on five.
Alma proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by ten) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Gravette, sneaking past 3-2. While the Airedales didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Tigers on Tuesday. Charleston put the hurt on Mansfield with a sharp 9-3 victory.
Charleston pushed their record up to 6-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Alma, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
Everything went Alma's way against Charleston in their previous meeting back in April of 2018, as Alma made off with an 11-3 victory. Do the Airedales have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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