Baseball Preview: Evergreen Vikings vs. Fostoria Redmen
Evergreen has been on the road for four straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Fostoria Redmen at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Tuesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Evergreen had to settle for a 9-8 defeat against Oak Harbor. That's two games in a row now that Evergreen has lost by just one run.
Meanwhile, Fostoria was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They took a 10-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Genoa Area.
Trent Smith put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Smith was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Matthew Balderama made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Anthony Kleinmark was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and two RBI.
Evergreen dropped their record down to 7-7 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Fostoria, their loss dropped their record down to 4-13.
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