Baseball Preview: Iroquois Braves vs. Union City Bears
Iroquois is 2-8 against Union City since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Iroquois Braves will look to defend their home field against the Union City Bears at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Iroquois is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Erie just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 16-6 to the Royals.
Iroquois saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Bennett, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. Bennett has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Reilly Brown, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Union City came up short against Youngsville on Wednesday and fell 10-5. Union City has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lucas Doutt made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Ian Kinney, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Iroquois' loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Union City, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6.
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