Baseball Preview: Morgan Township Cherokees vs. Hebron Hawks
The Morgan Township Cherokees are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Hebron Hawks at 4:30 p.m. Morgan Township is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Morgan Township's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Tri-Township on Monday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 1-0.
Morgan Township saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Rosenbaum, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, after constant struggles on the road, Hebron has finally found some success away from home. They took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hammond Morton on Monday.
Morgan Township dropped their record down to 7-8 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Hebron, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 11-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Morgan Township has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Hebron struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Morgan Township came up short against Hebron in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 8-4. Thankfully for Morgan Township, Jackson Peeler (who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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