Baseball Preview: Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies vs. Zanesville Blue Devils
The Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies will head out on the road to challenge the Zanesville Blue Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Johnstown-Monroe is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Heath on Monday. They lost 12-2 to the Bulldogs. Johnstown-Monroe has not had much luck with Heath recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Johnstown-Monroe saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Myers, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Zanesville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Licking Valley by a score of 4-3.
Johnstown-Monroe's record is now 7-11. As for Zanesville, their record now sits at 4-13-1.
Zanesville's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Johnstown-Monroe has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.7 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Zanesville, though, as they've been averaging only 3.8. Will Johnstown-Monroe keep running through batters, or will Zanesville buck the trend?
Everything went Johnstown-Monroe's way against Zanesville in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Johnstown-Monroe made off with a 10-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Johnstown-Monroe since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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