Baseball Preview: Lebanon Blue Devils vs. Stewarts Creek Red Hawks
Lebanon is 0-3 against Stewarts Creek since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lebanon Blue Devils will stay at home for another game and welcome the Stewarts Creek Red Hawks at 6:00 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Lebanon will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Portland on Friday but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the seven-point defeat they were dealt on Thursday. Lebanon fell just short of Portland by a score of 5-3.
Meanwhile, Stewarts Creek unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Friday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (7-3), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. They have struggled against Brentwood recently, as their contest on Friday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Stewarts Creek got a good showing from Brandon Kyle, who tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Stewarts Creek saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was John Speakman, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Lebanon's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Stewarts Creek, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-8.
Lebanon might still be hurting after the 9-2 loss they got from Stewarts Creek in their previous meeting back in March of 2022. Can Lebanon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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