Baseball Preview: Civic Memorial Eagles vs. Jacksonville Crimsons
The Civic Memorial Eagles will be playing at home against the Jacksonville Crimsons at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Things were looking good for Civic Memorial after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Effingham. Civic Memorial has not had much luck with Effingham recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Kale Hawk was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. Noah Petersen was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville didn't have quite enough to beat Quincy on Saturday and fell 3-2. Jacksonville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Jacksonville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anderson Decker, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Decker has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
Civic Memorial's loss dropped their record down to 9-21. As for Jacksonville, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-12.
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