The Morgan City Tigers will take on the Lutcher Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Morgan City has given up an average of 7.2 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Morgan City is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against South Lafourche, falling 14-4.
Morgan City saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Aucoin, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Jason McCleary was another, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lutcher won against Springfield on Friday with 15 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Bulldogs didn't even let A.J. Ellender on the board, marking the Bulldogs' second-straight 15-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won 11 matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Lutcher is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Morgan City, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-21.
Morgan City couldn't quite get it done against Lutcher when the teams last played back in April of 2024 as they fell 5-0. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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