Baseball Preview: Royalton-Hartland Rams vs. Albion Purple Eagles
Royalton-Hartland is 8-2 against Albion since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Royalton-Hartland Rams will head out on the road to take on the Albion Purple Eagles at 4:45 p.m. Royalton-Hartland will be strutting in after a victory while Albion will be coming in after a defeat.
Royalton-Hartland will head into Monday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a two-run loss in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Newfane on Monday. Royalton-Hartland never let Newfane onto the board and left with a 9-0 win.
Not much got past Dawson Draper, who gave up just two hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep Newfane off the board.
On the hitting side, Remington Albee was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. Evan Poeller was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Albion was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 6-2 to Medina.
Albion saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaiden Froman, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Royalton-Hartland has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6 record this season. As for Albion, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Wednesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Royalton-Hartland has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.1 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Albion struggles in that department as they've been averaging 2.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Everything went Royalton-Hartland's way against Albion when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Royalton-Hartland made off with an 11-1 victory. Will Royalton-Hartland repeat their success, or does Albion have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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