The Clarksville Wildcats will face off against the Siegel Stars on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Clarksville: 3.2, Siegel: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Clarksville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Collierville, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Clarksville was ranked sixth). Clarksville never let Collierville onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory on Thursday.
Kirk Weatherford was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Weatherford was even better at the plate, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Weatherford wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Preston Brooks, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Siegel had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They had just enough and edged the Blue Raiders out 5-4. That's two games straight that Siegel has won by just one run.
Clarksville's win bumped their record up to 39-8. As for Siegel, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 32-12 record this season.
Clarksville took their victory against Siegel when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 12-4. Does Clarksville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Siegel turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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