Baseball Game Preview: Botkins Trojans vs. Fort Loramie Redskins

Botkins is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Fort Loramie is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Trojans will welcome the Redskins at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Botkins will be strutting in after a win while Fort Loramie will be coming in after a loss.

Botkins' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Waynesfield-Goshen as they made off with a 9-0 victory. The Trojans haven't had any issues with the Tigers recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.

Corey Koenig

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/26/25 vs Waynesfield-Goshen	6
04/21/25 vs Houston	5
04/10/25 @ Anna	3
04/03/25 @ Fort Loramie	2

Corey Koenig made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with three stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.

In other batting news, Jay Wildermuth was a standout: he got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI and one run. Another player making a difference was Levi Frey, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.

Botkins always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .513. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Fort Loramie didn't have quite enough to beat Allen East on Saturday and fell 2-1.

Botkins' victory bumped their record up to 5-7. As for Fort Loramie, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5.

Botkins came up short against Fort Loramie in their previous meeting on April 3rd, falling 5-2. Will the Trojans have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.