Baseball Game Preview: Elgin Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 4:32am

Baseball Preview: Elgin Comets vs. Cardington-Lincoln Pirates

The Elgin Comets will head out on the road to square off against the Cardington-Lincoln Pirates at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Elgin is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season.

Elgin's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Hayes on Wednesday. They lost 7-0 to the Pacers.

Meanwhile, Cardington-Lincoln scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Monday. They put the hurt on Delaware Christian with a sharp 16-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Cardington-Lincoln.

Elgin's loss dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Cardington-Lincoln, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-11 record this season.

Elgin beat Cardington-Lincoln 7-4 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Elgin 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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