Baseball Preview: Sparta Bulldogs vs. Steeleville Warriors
Sparta is 0-5 against Steeleville since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Sparta Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Steeleville Warriors at 3:30 p.m. Sparta is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
On Tuesday, Sparta was able to grind out a solid victory over Chester, taking the game 5-1.
James Pillers was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). Pillers has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Pillers was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Pillers wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Logan Shelton, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Steeleville's offense. They fell just short of Marissa/Coulterville by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. Steeleville has not had much luck with Marissa/Coulterville recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Sparta's win bumped their record up to 12-8. As for Steeleville, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
Sparta came up short against Steeleville when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 12-9. Can Sparta avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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