Orange Beach fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Arab on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Arab Knights by a score of 8-7. One positive for the Makos, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.

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Joel Chandler made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-4. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Hood, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Orange Beach's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-5. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Arab, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season.
Orange Beach will challenge Mortimer Jordan at 11:00 a.m. on March 22nd. As for Arab, they will head out to square off against Lawrence County at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Arab is facing Lawrence County at the right time seeing as Lawrence County is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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