Van Buren County is 2-8 against South Pittsburg since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Van Buren County Eagles will square off against the South Pittsburg Pirates at 5:00 p.m. Van Buren County will be strutting in after a win while South Pittsburg will be coming in after a loss.
South Pittsburg is hoping to do on Tuesday what Monterey couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Van Buren County's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Van Buren County came out on top in a nail-biter against Monterey and snuck past 3-2.
Meanwhile, South Pittsburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 15-0 to Baylor.
Van Buren County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season. As for South Pittsburg, their loss dropped their record down to 16-12.
Van Buren County suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to South Pittsburg in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Pittsburg's Kaylee Kilgore, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Now that Van Buren County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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