Baseball Game Preview: Parkersburg Big Reds vs. St. Albans Red Dragons

By Team Reports Mar 20, 2024, 2:20am

Preview: Parkersburg Big Reds vs. St. Albans Red Dragons

Parkersburg has played every game this season on their home field, but they'll have to hit the road on Thursday. They will challenge the St. Albans Red Dragons at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Parkersburg has not done well against Hurricane recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Parkersburg had just enough and edged Hurricane out 8-6.

Jaxon Myers was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Myers was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

In other batting news, Caden Parker was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, St. Albans made easy work of Riverside on Tuesday and carried off a 13-3 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Albans.

Parkersburg now has a winning record of 2-1. As for St. Albans, they now also have a winning record of 2-1.

Parkersburg might still be hurting after the 13-3 loss they got from St. Albans in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Parkersburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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