Baseball Preview: Jefferson Area Falcons vs. West Branch Warriors
The Jefferson Area Falcons will head out on the road to face off against the West Branch Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Jefferson Area will be strutting in after a victory while West Branch will be coming in after a defeat.
Jefferson Area's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They had just enough and edged West Geauga out 1-0.
Not much got past Toby Dickson, who gave up just six hits and racked up six Ks to keep West Geauga off the board. Dickson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jefferson Area saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Lambert, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, West Branch's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Lake Center Christian by a score of 4-3.
Jefferson Area's win bumped their record up to 7-11-1. As for West Branch, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-6.
Jefferson Area couldn't quite finish off West Branch in their previous matchup back in March of 2016 and fell 6-4. Can Jefferson Area avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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