Baseball Preview: East Limestone Indians vs. Decatur Red Raiders
East Limestone has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Decatur Red Raiders at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Decatur took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on East Limestone, who comes in off a win.
East Limestone only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-point they dealt Brewer on Thursday. East Limestone was the clear victor by a 12-2 margin over Brewer.
Charlie Eslick tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Tristan Brown was incredible, going 3-for-4 with five RBI and three doubles. Gunnar Lambruschi was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Decatur was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 19-8 walloping at the hands of Hartselle.
East Limestone is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season. As for Decatur, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-8.
East Limestone couldn't quite finish off Decatur when the teams last played back in February and fell 5-3. Can East Limestone avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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