Baseball Preview: Gillespie Miners vs. Southwestern Piasa Birds
The Gillespie Miners will head out on the road to take on the Southwestern Piasa Birds at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Gillespie is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
In their second game on Saturday, Gillespie suffered a tough 16-3 defeat at the hands of Rochester. Gillespie has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Gillespie saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tristen Wargo, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Another player making a difference was Jesse Berry, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Southwestern entered their tilt with Greenville with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Comets in their second game on Saturday and snuck past 5-4.
Logan Keith was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Hunter Newell was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Gillespie's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-5. As for Southwestern, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season.
Gillespie skirted past Southwestern 4-3 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Does Gillespie have another victory up their sleeve, or will Southwestern turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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