The Howard Tech Hustlin' Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the East Hamilton Hurricanes at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Howard Tech is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Bradley Central on Monday. They lost 17-1 to the Bears. The loss continues a trend for Howard Tech in their matchups with Bradley Central: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but East Hamilton had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Boyd-Buchanan on Thursday.
Howard Tech's loss dropped their record down to 1-12. As for East Hamilton, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
Howard Tech suffered a grim 21-2 defeat to East Hamilton in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Hamilton's Kailyn Mendoza, who struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that Howard Tech knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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