Baseball Preview: Springfield Senators vs. Jacksonville Crimsons
Springfield is 9-1 against Jacksonville since May of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Springfield Senators will look to defend their home field against the Jacksonville Crimsons at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, it was close, but Springfield sidestepped Granite City for an 8-6 victory. That's two games straight that Springfield has won by exactly two runs.
Enrico Veach was incredible, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Sam Hartl, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand MacArthur a 15-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for Jacksonville who now have four in a row.
Jacksonville got a massive performance out of Joe Reif, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Hayden Hicks was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Springfield is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-11 record this season. As for Jacksonville, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-10.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Springfield has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Jacksonville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Springfield came up short against Jacksonville in their previous meeting back in April, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jacksonville's Ryan Luconic, who struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits (and only one walk). Now that Springfield knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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