Baseball Game Preview: Canyon Takes on West Plains

By Team Reports May 15, 2024, 4:04am

Baseball Preview: Canyon Eagles vs. West Plains Wolves

The Canyon Eagles are on the road again on Saturday to play the West Plains Wolves. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Canyon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 13-1 margin over Clint. Considering Canyon has won 13 matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Meanwhile, West Plains came tearing into Saturday's game with ten straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.9 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 win over the Rangers. Two seems to be a good number for West Plains as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Canyon is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-7-1 record this season. As for West Plains, their win bumped their record up to 29-6.

Canyon suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to West Plains when the teams last played back in April. Can Canyon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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