Baseball Preview: Eleva-Strum Cardinals vs. Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs
The Eleva-Strum Cardinals will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Eleva-Strum is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran (and have done all season long). Eleva-Strum never let Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran onto the board and left with a 10-0 win on Monday. Eleva-Strum's victory was all the more impressive since Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran was averaging only 3.7 runs allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, Melrose-Mindoro scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. They put the hurt on Augusta with a sharp 24-2 win. The victory was nothing new for Melrose-Mindoro as they're now sitting on three straight.
The win made it two in a row for Eleva-Strum and bumps their season record up to 9-6. As for Melrose-Mindoro, their victory ended a nine-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-10.
Eleva-Strum took their win against Melrose-Mindoro in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 14-3. Will Eleva-Strum repeat their success, or does Melrose-Mindoro have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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