Baseball Preview: Southwestern Piasa Birds vs. East Alton-Wood River Oilers
The Southwestern Piasa Birds will head out on the road to take on the East Alton-Wood River Oilers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Southwestern has four straight wins, East Alton-Wood River has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Monday, it was close, but Southwestern sidestepped North Mac for a 3-1 victory.
Marcus Payne was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for East Alton-Wood River's offense. They lost 12-0 to Marquette Catholic on Friday.
Southwestern has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-6 record this season. As for East Alton-Wood River, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-15-1.
Everything went Southwestern's way against East Alton-Wood River in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Southwestern made off with a 10-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southwestern since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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