The Dyer County Choctaws will head out on the road to take on the South Gibson Hornets at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Dyer County: 3.7, South Gibson: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Friday, it was close, but Dyer County sidestepped Ripley for a 3-1 victory.
South Gibson proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by ten) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Covington a 2-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for South Gibson who now have three in a row.
Aiden Moore spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on four hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, South Gibson saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gage Nesbitt, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Dyer County is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-8 record this season. As for South Gibson, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
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