Ballinger is 1-8 against Merkel since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Ballinger Bearcats will look to defend their home field against the Merkel Badgers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Ballinger was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They suffered a rough 23-2 defeat at the hands of Coahoma.
Ballinger saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyndall Weathers, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Merkel had to settle for a 7-6 loss against Clyde on Friday.
Ballinger's defeat dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Merkel, their loss dropped their record down to 11-6-1.
Ballinger couldn't quite finish off Merkel when the teams last played back in March of 2022 and fell 3-1. Can Ballinger avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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