Baseball Game Preview: Monarch Coyotes vs. Pendleton Buckaroos

The Monarch Coyotes will challenge the Pendleton Buckaroos at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.

On Tuesday, Monarch came up short against Westview and fell 7-2.

Zander Belland was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with one home run and two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Thompson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3.

Meanwhile, Pendleton lost 14-3 to Sherwood on Monday.

Pendleton now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Monarch, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.