Getting serious with the Pirates tonight

The Railroaders have only 8 games left in the regular season, three of those are against the Tradewater Pirates of Madisonville.  The 3rd place Pirates will appear tonight at the Yard, only 2 1/2 games behind our 2nd place Railroaders.  Needless to say this game is important for both teams.  Tradewater has only 7 games left before the playoffs and desire our spot going into post season play.  The Railroaders currently lead the season series with the Pirates at 4-2, so a win tonight for Fulton would secure a tie breaker in the standings.

The Pirates swept the Bombers last night in Madisonville.  They'll be riding high coming into the Yard with hopes of getting revenge for their loss to the Railroaders only two days ago.  After tonight's game, the final 2 games between the two teams will be played in Madisonville.  Its important for the Railroaders to ensure Fulton has the edge in the standings with a big win tonight.

In regards to the 1st place Hoppers . . . they are playing well and riding a 6 game winning streak, their last loss at the hands of the Railroaders.  The Hoptown, ahead by 4 games over Fulton, appears unbeatable and unreachable at this point.  They will need to drop 4 of their final 8 games, not likely as 4 of those games are with the struggling Bobcats.  Assuming a Hoptown sweep of Marion, it would be up to the Railroaders, Pirates, Bombers and Oilers to each beat the Hoppers in order for Fulton to take 1st seed   The Railroaders would have the tie breaker in this case with a 5-4 season record over the Hoppers.

For now the Railroaders must work on securing 2nd seed for post season playoffs.  Taking out the Pirates at the Yard tonight is the first task at hand.  We have won 4 straight, let's keep it going.  Fire It Up, Boys!!!