Baseball Game Preview: Arp Tigers vs. White Oak Roughnecks

Arp is 0-3 against White Oak since March of 2015 but things could change on Tuesday. The Arp Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the White Oak Roughnecks at 7:00 p.m. Arp has given up an average of 6.8 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.

Arp came up short against Tatum on Friday, falling 17-6. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Abraxton Martin

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/14/25 vs Tatum	3
03/07/25 vs Cumberland Academy	2
02/27/25 vs Elysian Fields	2
04/12/24 vs Jefferson	2
04/05/24 @ West Rusk	2

Abraxton Martin was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with three RBI. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Lowe, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, White Oak came tearing into Friday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over the Cardinals. That's two games straight that the Roughnecks have won by exactly ten runs.

White Oak got a massive performance out of Brady Greenwood, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Tyson McKinney, who scored two runs and stole Three bases. while going 1-for-3.

White Oak was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .316 or higher in three consecutive contests.

White Oak pushed their record up to 11-2-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.2 runs over those games. As for Arp, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10-1.

Arp might still be hurting after the 12-2 defeat they got from White Oak in their previous matchup back in April of 2019. Can Arp avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.