The Northgate Vikings are on the road again on Saturday to play the Tift County Blue Devils at 11:00 a.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Northgate beats Tift County with 11 runs on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Northgate's pitchers stepped up to hand Lovejoy an 11-0 shutout on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Tift County didn't have done well against Lee County recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Tift County was the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over Lee County. While the Blue Devils didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Northgate's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2. As for Tift County, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
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