Tipton is 1-7 against Alexandria-Monroe since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Tipton Blue Devils will look to defend their home field against the Alexandria-Monroe Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Tipton will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Tipton is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Taylor 12-6.
Aidan Borders made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned run off three hits. Borders was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Nick Nasser and Kellen Hussong did most of the damage at the plate: Nasser scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Hussong scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Nathan Hawkins was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases.
Meanwhile, Alexandria-Monroe didn't have quite enough to beat Wapahani on Friday and fell 4-2. Alexandria-Monroe has struggled against Wapahani recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Alexandria-Monroe saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Fuller, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Tipton's victory bumped their record up to 2-5. As for Alexandria-Monroe, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5.
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