Baseball Game Preview: Morrow Mustangs vs. Stockbridge Tigers

Morrow is a perfect 3-0 against Stockbridge since March of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The Morrow Mustangs will be playing at home against the Stockbridge Tigers at 5:30 p.m. Morrow is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.

Things were looking good for Morrow after they put the first points on the board on Monday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Westlake.

Malachi Mingo was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He pitched three innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. Mingo was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run and three RBI. That home run was his first of the season.

Zoran Galloway

Runs

02/21/25 vs Woodland	3
02/24/25 vs Westlake	2
02/05/25 vs Carver	2
02/14/25 @ Heritage	1
02/13/25 vs Mount Vernon	1
+ 1 more games

In other batting news, Zoran Galloway was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. He has become a key player for Morrow: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 0-4-1 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Glass, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, Stockbridge fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Eastside on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 11-8 to the Eagles. The Tigers' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it four in a row.

Rod Hall made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in doubles (two). Another player making a difference was Casey McBride, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.

Stockbridge's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Morrow, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5-1.

Morrow skirted past Stockbridge 18-17 in their previous meeting back in February of 2020. Will Morrow repeat their success, or does Stockbridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.