Baseball Preview: Roxana Shells vs. Carlinville Cavaliers
Roxana is 2-8 against Carlinville since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Roxana Shells have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Carlinville Cavaliers at 4:30 p.m. The last three games Roxana has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Tuesday, Roxana narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Freeburg 6-5.
Kyle Campbell was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. Kael Hester was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Carlinville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-1 walloping at the hands of Litchfield.
Carlinville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Byots, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Byots has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Roxana is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Carlinville, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
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