Hillcrest is 8-2 against Mammoth Spring since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Hillcrest Screamin Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Mammoth Spring Bears at 4:00 p.m. Hillcrest will be strutting in after a victory while Mammoth Spring will be coming in after a loss.
Hillcrest proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 12) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Highland 11-9. Hillcrest's win was all the more impressive since Highland was averaging only 3.42 runs allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 16 runs the game before, Mammoth Spring was a bit more limited in their matchup on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-0 walloping at the hands of Marked Tree. Mammoth Spring has not had much luck with Marked Tree recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Hillcrest now has a winning record of 7-6. As for Mammoth Spring, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything went Hillcrest's way against Mammoth Spring in their previous meeting back in March as Hillcrest made off with a 16-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hillcrest since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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