Baseball Game Preview: Elkins on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Apr 28, 2024, 4:14am

Baseball Preview: Elkins Tigers vs. Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers

Elkins is 2-8 against Buckhannon-Upshur since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Elkins Tigers will look to defend their home field against the Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Elkins is is headed into Monday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They lost 14-4 to Robert C. Byrd.

Elkins saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brock Holland, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.

Even though they lost, Elkins was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. That's the most doubles they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Buckhannon-Upshur was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 9-6 to Morgantown.

Elkins' defeat dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Buckhannon-Upshur, their loss dropped their record down to 8-12.

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