The Marksville Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Hicks Pirates at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Marksville is coming into the game on a five-game losing streak.
On Tuesday, Marksville came up short against Church Point and fell 6-1. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly five runs.
Marksville got a good showing from Jean-Paul Gremillion, who pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, Gremillion gave up only zero walks, the fewest he's had since back in April of 2025.
At the plate, Marksville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Auston Lachney, who went 2-for-4 with one RBI. DaShawn Ford also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, Hicks fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Lake Charles College Prep on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Trailblazers by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, the Pirates couldn't push the score so high this time.
Marksville's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Hicks, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 9-1.
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