Baseball Preview: Tri-State Christian Crusaders vs. Tome Titans
After two games on the road, Tri-State Christian is heading back home. They will take on the Tome Titans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
The matchup between Tri-State Christian and Greenwood Mennonite on Tuesday hardly resembled the 3-1 effort from their previous meeting. Tri-State Christian took a 12-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Greenwood Mennonite.
Meanwhile, Tome unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Fellowship of Christian Athletes by a score of 4-2. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, Tome couldn't push the score so high this time.
Tome saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matt Montgomery, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base.
Tri-State Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Tome, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Tri-State Christian came up short against Tome in their previous matchup back in March, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tome's Nolan Peel, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Now that Tri-State Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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