Baseball Game Preview: Olympian Eagles vs. Hilltop Lancers

The Olympian Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the Hilltop Lancers at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Olympian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.

Olympian is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sweetwater. Surprisingly, this marked the Eagles' third straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

Olympian saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aramis Berrios, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one run and one double.

For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Hilltop and Mater Dei Catholic meet (two straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Lancers fell 7-4 to the Crusaders.

Hilltop's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-16. As for Olympian, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-10-1.

Olympian skirted past Hilltop 6-4 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.