Baseball Game Preview: Weir Heads Out

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 4:44am

Baseball Preview: Weir Red Riders vs. East Fairmont Bees

Weir and East Fairmont are an even 3-3 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The Weir Red Riders will head out on the road to challenge the East Fairmont Bees at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Weir will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Thursday, then bounced right back against Union Local on Friday. Weir had just enough and edged Union Local out 10-9.

Damir Mowder and Aleks Zanieski did most of the damage at the plate: Mowder scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Zanieski scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Colson Kimmel was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.

Meanwhile, East Fairmont put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Philip Barbour 11-1. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for East Fairmont considering their two-run performance the matchup before.

Weir's win bumped their record up to 11-12. As for East Fairmont, their victory bumped their record up to 14-8.

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