The Flour Bluff Hornets will face off against the Carroll Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Flour Bluff's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Carroll has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Flour Bluff was handed a seven-run loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Monday. They skirted past King 3-2. The game snapped a strange streak: the last three times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Flour Bluff's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brody Smith, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, while it was Carroll who put the first points on the board on Saturday, it was Alice who put up more. Carroll took a 9-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Alice.
Eloy Rodriguez made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one double. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Daniel Flores was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Flour Bluff's victory bumped their record up to 8-10-2. As for Carroll, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-17.
Flour Bluff beat Carroll 12-8 in their previous meeting back in March. Will Flour Bluff repeat their success, or does Carroll has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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