The Yukon Millers will take on the Tate Aggies at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Yukon fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Gulf Breeze on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Dolphins by a score of 17-16. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (13), the Millers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Tate had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 5-4 W against the Sandites.
Keelan Beasley looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single hit in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kaden Posta, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in hits. Nathan Ozuna also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Tate pushed their record up to 8-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for Yukon, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-4 record.
Yukon came up short against Tate in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, falling 5-2. Can Yukon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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