Baseball Preview: Borden Braves vs. West Washington Senators
Borden is 10-0 against West Washington since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Borden Braves are on the road again to play the West Washington Senators at 5:00 p.m. Borden is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
Borden lost 12-6 to Brownstown Central on Saturday. Borden has not had much luck with Brownstown Central recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Borden saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garrett Schmidt, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double. Jayden Gardner was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, West Washington had just enough and edged Paoli out 3-1 on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for West Washington.
Ian Rosenbaum made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off six hits. Rosenbaum was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Borden's defeat dropped their record down to 12-12. As for West Washington, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Wednesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Borden has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.5 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like West Washington struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.8. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Everything went Borden's way against West Washington in their previous meeting back in April as Borden made off with a 13-3 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Borden since the squad 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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