Baseball Game Preview: West Monroe Rebels vs. Neville Tigers

West Monroe is 9-1 against Neville since March of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. West Monroe will square off against Neville at 6:00 p.m. West Monroe will be looking to extend their current ten-game winning streak.

West Monroe is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Benton, who was ranked fifth at the time (West Monroe was ranked tenth). West Monroe came out on top in a nail-biter against Benton on Monday, sneaking past 4-3. That's two games straight that the Rebels have won by just one run.

Drew Ferguson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.

Zach Simpson

Hits (Career)

03/31/25 @ Benton	3
03/20/25 @ Ouachita Parish	2
03/11/25 @ Northwood	2
02/14/25 vs Catholic	2
03/27/25 vs Pineville	1

On the hitting side, West Monroe saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Simpson, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave Simpson a new career-high.

Meanwhile, Neville unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Monday. They came up short against Glenbrook, falling 10-0.

West Monroe's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-5-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Neville, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-15.