Baseball Preview: Middle Creek Mustangs vs. Green Level Gators
Middle Creek is 6-0 against Green Level since March of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Middle Creek Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Green Level Gators at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Middle Creek has four straight wins, Green Level has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Middle Creek is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Garner (and have done all season long). Middle Creek blew past Garner 15-3.
Will Tobin and Braylon Stewart did most of the damage at the plate: Tobin scored a run while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Stewart scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of John Lupienski, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Green Level came up short against Rolesville on Wednesday and fell 9-6.
Henry Geiser was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up just two earned (and six unearned) runs off seven hits.
On the hitting side, Luke Talley made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Nathaniel Roller, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Middle Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Green Level, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15.
Everything went Middle Creek's way against Green Level in their previous matchup on Monday as Middle Creek made off with a 10-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Middle Creek since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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