The Farmington Knights will face off against the Festus Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Farmington 3.3, Festus 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Festus will square off against a team with plenty of momentum: Farmington extended their winning streak to five on Saturday. The Knights' pitchers stepped up to hand Poplar Bluff a 1-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Knights have won by just one run.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Festus and Hillsboro, and Festus kept the tradition alive. The Tigers walked away with a 7-4 win over the Hawks on Saturday.
Farmington pushed their record up to 23-7 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Festus, their victory bumped their record up to 19-14-1.
Farmington beat Festus 8-4 in their previous meeting on May 2nd. Do the Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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