Baseball Preview: Lordstown Red Devils vs. Mathews Mustangs
The Lordstown Red Devils will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Mathews Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. Mathews took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Lordstown, who comes in off a win.
Lordstown will bounce into Wednesday's contest after beating Windham, who they hadn't topped in seven consecutive meetings. Lordstown put the hurt on Windham with a sharp 13-7 victory on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lordstown.
Meanwhile, Mathews fell victim to Bristol and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty 19 runs in the game before, Mathews' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Lordstown's win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-1. As for Mathews, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-3.
Lordstown was able to grind out a solid victory over Mathews when the teams last played back in April of 2021, winning 9-4. Does Lordstown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mathews turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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