Bauxite is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Rison is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Miners will host the Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bauxite is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Bauxite proved they can win big on Monday (they won by six) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Malvern 3-1. The victory continues a trend for the Miners in their matchups with the Leopards: they've now won seven in a row.
Bauxite saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Hastings, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Bauxite hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least five batters in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Rison got themselves on the board against Central on Monday, but Central never followed suit. They blew past the Cougars 15-0. Considering the Wildcats have won ten contests by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Rison has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Bauxite, their victory bumped their record up to 17-7.
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