Baseball Preview: Shawnee Indians vs. Ottawa-Glandorf Titans
Shawnee is 0-4 against Ottawa-Glandorf since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Shawnee Indians will head out on the road to face off against the Ottawa-Glandorf Titans at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Shawnee will head into Saturday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Findlay on Saturday but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the eight-point defeat they were dealt on Friday. Shawnee fell just short of Findlay by a score of 8-6. Shawnee has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Cam Barker made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a triple, a run, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Derek Lyons, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Ottawa-Glandorf had to settle for an 8-6 loss against Lima Central Catholic on Saturday.
Ottawa-Glandorf saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mitchell Schroeder, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Jayden Stechshulte was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Shawnee now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Ottawa-Glandorf, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Shawnee might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Ottawa-Glandorf when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Shawnee avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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