Baseball Game Preview: Eastern Alamance Eagles vs. Morehead Panthers

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Previous Games

05/21/21 - Home	1-6 L
05/18/21 - Away	15-6 W
03/07/19 - Home	7-2 W
03/05/19 - Away	8-3 W
04/20/18 - Home	1-5 L
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Eastern Alamance and Morehead are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2016, but likely not for long. The Eagles will head out to face off against the Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The last three games Eastern Alamance has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.

On Monday, it was close, but Eastern Alamance sidestepped Dixon for a 2-1 victory.

Eastern Alamance's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Conner Horner, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, Morehead was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 14-4 to Burns.

Eastern Alamance has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs over those games. As for Morehead, their loss dropped their record down to 7-10.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Eastern Alamance has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Morehead struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.

Eastern Alamance came up short against Morehead in their previous meeting back in May of 2021, falling 6-1. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.