The Lassiter Trojans will challenge the Pope Greyhounds at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lassiter is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 13-4 margin over Riverwood on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, Pope had already won 17 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs) and they went ahead and made it 18 on Saturday. They blew past the Yellow Jackets 12-2. The result was nothing new for the Greyhounds, who have now won 14 matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Pope's win was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 24-3. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Lassiter, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 16-11.
Lassiter couldn't quite get it done against Pope in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 as they fell 7-3. Can the Trojans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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