The North Springs Spartans will challenge the Tucker Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If North Springs beats Tucker with seven runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Spartans didn't even let Clarkston on the board on Monday, marking the Spartans' second-straight 7-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.
Meanwhile, Tucker never let their opponents score on Wednesday. They blew past Lithonia 15-0. The victory continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now won seven in a row.
Eli Walker made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). He is becoming a predictor of Tucker's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is 2-1 (and 6-17 when he doesn't). Walker was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-1. That's the most runs he has posted since back in February.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Robert Robinson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April of 2024. Alec Waller was another key player, going 1-for-3 with four RBI, one triple, and one run.
Tucker always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .654. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in seven consecutive matchups.
North Springs' win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-15. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Tucker, their win bumped their record up to 8-18.
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