Baseball Preview: Freeburg Midgets vs. Salem Wildcats
The Freeburg Midgets will head out on the road to take on the Salem Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Salem took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Freeburg, who comes in off a win.
Freeburg will head into Wednesday's match on the come-up: they were handed a two-point loss in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against Red Bud on Wednesday. Freeburg was the clear victor by a 13-1 margin over Red Bud. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Freeburg considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Freeburg got a great performance from Gabe Lueth as he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Lueth has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Max Biehl and Jase Brentlinger did most of the damage at the plate: Biehl scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Brentlinger scored four runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Rapp, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Salem was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell victim to a tough 14-4 loss at the hands of Mascoutah. That's two games in a row now that Salem has lost by exactly ten runs.
Salem saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jalen Inlow, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Freeburg is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-13 record this season. As for Salem, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-13.
Freeburg couldn't quite finish off Salem in their previous meeting on April 5th and fell 6-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Salem's Rhett Detering, who struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up four earned runs off eight hits (and only one walk). Now that Freeburg 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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