Baseball Preview: Eastern Montgomery Mustangs vs. Bath County Chargers
Eastern Montgomery is 8-0 against Bath County since May of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Eastern Montgomery Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the Bath County Chargers at 12:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastern Montgomery has four straight wins, Bath County has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Thursday, Eastern Montgomery sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 13-12 victory over Highland.
Eastern Montgomery got a massive performance out of Marshall Tate, who went 4-for-4 with five RBI, a run, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Jones, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Bath County lost 13-1 to Parry McCluer on Tuesday.
Eastern Montgomery's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-5. As for Bath County, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10-1.
Eastern Montgomery beat Bath County 13-8 when the teams last played back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastern Montgomery since the squad 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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