Baseball Preview: Freedom Area Bulldogs vs. Western Beaver Golden Beavers
The Freedom Area Bulldogs will head out on the road to take on the Western Beaver Golden Beavers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Freedom Area is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
On Tuesday, Freedom Area came up short against Laurel and fell 9-4.
Chase Grable was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Western Beaver beat Springdale 6-1 on Monday.
Western Beaver let Vincent Ross and August Litcher loose on the outfield. Ross scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Litcher scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Ross has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Freedom Area's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Western Beaver, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.
Freedom Area beat Western Beaver 4-0 in their previous meeting back in April of 2019. The rematch might be a little tougher for Freedom Area since the team 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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