Baseball Preview: Van Buren County Eagles vs. Lookout Valley Yellowjackets
Van Buren County is 2-8 against Lookout Valley since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Van Buren County Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Lookout Valley Yellowjackets at 6:00 p.m.
Van Buren County's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against South Pittsburg on Tuesday. They fell victim to a tough 10-0 loss at the hands of the Pirates. Van Buren County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Lookout Valley can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Copper Basin as Lookout Valley made off with an 11-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lookout Valley.
Christian Chandler made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out 14 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Chandler has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Chandler was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Lookout Valley got a big performance out of Rylan Collins, who went 1-for-5 with a home run and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Eli Pell, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5.
Van Buren County's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Lookout Valley, they pushed their record up to 11-10 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Van Buren County has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.9 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Lookout Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Van Buren County might still be hurting after the 14-0 loss they got from Lookout Valley when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chandler, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Now that Van Buren County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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