The T.R. Miller Tigers will square off against the Fairhope Pirates at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (T.R. Miller: 2.7, Fairhope: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
T.R. Miller is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against Satsuma on Thursday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Gators. The Tigers have struggled against the Gators recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost meetings.
T.R. Miller saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kate Rambach, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI. That double was Rambach's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Fairhope came up short against Baker on Thursday and fell 7-2.
T.R. Miller's defeat dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Fairhope, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-3.
Fairhope's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: T.R. Miller has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .518. It's a different story for Fairhope, though, as they've only averaged .337. Will they be able to contain T.R. Miller's hitters?
T.R. Miller suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Fairhope in their previous meeting back in April of 2016. Can T.R. Miller avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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