Baseball Preview: Union County Braves vs. Henderson County Colonels
Union County is 1-9 against Henderson County since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Union County Braves will look to defend their home field against the Henderson County Colonels at 5:30 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Union County is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 24 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against University Heights on Tuesday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blazers.
Meanwhile, Henderson County came up short against Madisonville-North Hopkins on Friday and fell 6-3.
Henderson County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alec Satterfield, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Union County's loss dropped their record down to 7-15. As for Henderson County, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last ten matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-17 record this season.
Union County suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Henderson County in their previous meeting on April 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Henderson County's Reed Rheinhardt, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Now that Union County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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