The Evansville Memorial Tigers will challenge the Jasper Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Evansville Memorial is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand North Posey a 1-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Tigers have won by just one run.
Meanwhile, Jasper hadn't done well against Gibson Southern recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Wildcats sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 win over the Titans. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Wildcats have posted against the Titans since May 7, 2018.
Brianna Barrix made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out nine batters over eight innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in April. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with three runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Carlee Rogers, who went 3-for-5 with four RBI and one double. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high.
Jasper kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least 12 hits in three consecutive matchups.
Evansville Memorial's win bumped their record up to 18-7. As for Jasper, their victory bumped their record up to 18-10-1.
Evansville Memorial beat Jasper 5-2 when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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