Baseball Game Preview: New Home Leopards vs. Smyer Bobcats

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Previous Games

04/12/24 - Away	14-0 W
04/06/24 - Home	20-1 W
03/13/23 - Away	12-3 W
03/13/23 - Home	13-2 W
03/14/22 - Home	17-5 W
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New Home has gone a perfect 10-0 against Smyer recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Leopards will head out on the road to challenge the Bobcats at 4:00 p.m. New Home's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Smyer's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

New Home is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Ropes just ended the team's 12-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 11-10.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Smyer, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They came out on top against Morton by a score of 4-1 on Tuesday.

Smyer is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-9 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for New Home, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 11-1 and their overall record down to 18-5-1.

Everything went New Home's way against Smyer when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as New Home made off with a 14-0 victory. Will the Leopards repeat their success, or do the Bobcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.