Baseball Preview: Southwood Knights vs. Wabash Apaches
Southwood and Wabash are an even 4-4 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Southwood Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Wabash Apaches at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Southwood is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.
Last Monday, Southwood came up short against Manchester and fell 5-2.
Southwood saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaret Denney, who went 1-for-2 with a home run. Denney has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Quintin Coe was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Wabash lost 13-5 to Northwestern on Tuesday.
Keaton Fields made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Southwood's record is now 6-14. As for Wabash, their record is now 15-8.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Wednesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Southwood has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.2 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Wabash struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Southwood came up short against Wabash in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 8-4. Thankfully for Southwood, Andrew Dillon (who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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