After flying high against Mendenhall last Friday, Columbia came back down to earth. The Columbia Wildcats fell just short of the Forrest County Agricultural Aggies by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. The Wildcats were red-hot at the plate heading into the game (they scored no less than ten runs in the four matchups prior), but the Aggies' pitcher proved too tough.
Columbia saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JP Haddox, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases. That's the most stolen bases Haddox has posted since back in February.
Columbia's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. As for Forrest County Agricultural, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 9-5.
While Columbia had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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