Baseball Preview: Pleasant Plains Cardinals vs. Lincoln Railsplitters
Pleasant Plains has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Lincoln Railsplitters at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Tuesday, everything went Pleasant Plains' way against Olympia as Pleasant Plains made off with an 8-1 win.
Taylor Brewer tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over 5.1 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Grady Grisham, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlie Severino, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, everything went Lincoln's way against MacArthur on Tuesday as Lincoln made off with a 16-4 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lincoln.
Pleasant Plains' win bumped their record up to 24-5. As for Lincoln, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 17-8-1 record this season.
Pleasant Plains couldn't quite finish off Lincoln when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 6-4. Can Pleasant Plains avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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