The Oakleaf Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Union County Fightin' Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Oakleaf has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight defeats, while Union County will come in with seven straight victories.
On Friday, Oakleaf didn't have quite enough to beat Fernandina Beach and fell 3-2.
Oakleaf got a good showing from Henry Mills, who didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched.
Meanwhile, Union County sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 win over Trinity Catholic on Thursday. That's two games straight that the Fightin' Tigers have won by just one run.
Union County's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Trenton Klein, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Union County pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Oakleaf, they now have a losing record of 4-5.
Oakleaf came out on top in a nail-biter against Union County when the teams last played back in March of 2024, sneaking past 8-7. Does Oakleaf have another victory up their sleeve, or will Union County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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