The Marshall Academy Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Hernando Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Marshall Academy is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
North Delta typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Marshall Academy proved too difficult a challenge. They won by a run and slipped past the Green Wave 4-3.
Meanwhile, Hernando can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match in Saturday's second game. Everything went their way against Horn Lake as Hernando made off with a 16-1 victory. That's two games straight that Hernando has won by exactly 15 runs.
Cohen Lipe looked comfortable as he pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned run off three hits (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Topher Jones, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Tyler Sullivan, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2.
Marshall Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season. As for Hernando, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 20-6.
Marshall Academy might still be hurting after the 9-2 loss they got from Hernando in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. Can Marshall Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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