After both having extra time off, the Hope Bobcats and the De Queen Leopards will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hope has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with 18 straight losses, while De Queen will come in with seven straight wins.
Hope came up short against Arkadelphia last Friday, falling 21-3.
Hope saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam Johnson, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, De Queen hadn't done well against Magnolia recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Friday. De Queen came out on top against Magnolia by a score of 7-3.
De Queen's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Hope, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.
Hope suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to De Queen when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can Hope avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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