Baseball Game Preview: Mercer County Golden Eagles vs. Hall Red Devils

The Mercer County Golden Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Hall Red Devils at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.

Mercer County is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Rockridge on Thursday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rockets. The Golden Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Nathan Matlick

Hits Against

04/17/25 vs Rockridge	2
04/14/25 @ Rockridge	1
04/12/25 vs Erie-Prophetstown	0

Mercer County got a good showing from Nathan Matlick, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Matlick has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Mercer County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Kenney, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one double. Another was Tannen Whitehall, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases and one run.

Hall came out on top against Sterling on Friday thanks in part to the team's impressive four-run first inning. The Red Devils took their match against the Golden Warriors 7-2. The victory continues a trend for the Red Devils in their matchups with the Golden Warriors: they've now won three in a row.

Hall's win bumped their record up to 9-6. As for Mercer County, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 8-7.

Mercer County suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Hall in their previous meeting back in March of 2019. Can the Golden Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.