West Memphis is 0-10 against Marion since April of 2018 but things could change on Tuesday. The Blue Devils will be playing at home against the Patriots at 4:30 p.m. West Memphis has given up an average of 17.9 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
West Memphis is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their ninth straight game on Monday. They lost 17-0 to Buffalo Island Central.
Meanwhile, Marion had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Rams 9-7. Nine seems to be a good number for the Patriots as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Marion pushed their record up to 14-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.5 runs over those games. As for West Memphis, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-17.
West Memphis suffered a grim 14-1 defeat to Marion when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Blue Devils avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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