Baseball Game Preview: Carthage Comets vs. Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Red Devils

The Carthage Comets will take on the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Red Devils at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Carthage is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.

South Jefferson hit Carthage with a four-run first inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Comets fell 9-5 to the Spartans. That's two games in a row now that the Comets have lost by exactly four runs.

Meanwhile, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill lost 15-5 to Chittenango on Saturday. The Red Devils haven't had much luck with the Bears recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.

Vernon-Verona-Sherrill saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Rotsell, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run. That hit marked the first that Rotsell has got this season.

Vernon-Verona-Sherrill's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Carthage, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-5.