After flying high against Warrensburg last Tuesday, Smith-Cotton came back down to earth. The Smith-Cotton Tigers fell just short of the Republic Tigers by a score of 9-7 on Friday. Smith-Cotton has not had much luck with Republic recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Kendall Hagedorn was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaden Wiskur, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Smith-Cotton's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-13. As for Republic, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-13 record this season.
Smith-Cotton will head out on the road to face off against Glendale at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Glendale is coming into the match with nine straight victories at home, so Smith-Cotton will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. Republic will take on Ozark at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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