Baseball Preview: Cairo-Durham Mustangs vs. Greenville Spartans
Cairo-Durham has been on the road for four straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Greenville Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Cairo-Durham is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
Cairo-Durham is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Germantown 28-1. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Jake Young made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Young has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Young was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Zach Russell was a standout: he got on base in all six of his plate appearances with a home run, five runs, and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Zak Wagor, who scored six runs and stole a base while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Greenville is still looking for their season's first win. They fell just short of Taconic Hills by a score of 7-6 on Friday.
The win got Cairo-Durham back to even at 4-4. As for Greenville, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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