The Macon Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Palmyra Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
On Monday, Macon didn't have quite enough to beat Hannibal and fell 2-1. The Tigers have struggled against the Pirates recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Palmyra challenged Bowling Green on Monday. The Panthers put the hurt on the Bobcats with a sharp 18-7 victory. Considering the Panthers have won three matchups by more than nine runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Palmyra got a massive performance out of Bryant Horstmeier, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Horstmeier is becoming a predictor of the Panthers' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 1-4 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Cade Lehman, who scored three runs while going 3-for-5.
Palmyra always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .649. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Palmyra pushed their record up to 3-5 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Macon, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6.
Macon might still be hurting after the 21-12 loss they got from Palmyra when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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