Baseball Game Preview: Tell City on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 3:54am

Baseball Preview: Tell City Marksmen vs. Springs Valley Blackhawks

The Tell City Marksmen will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Springs Valley Blackhawks at 6:00 p.m. Tell City is out to stop a 13-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.

Tell City's hitters might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Southridge on Tuesday. They lost 8-0 to the Raiders.

Meanwhile, Springs Valley narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Mitchell 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Springs Valley.

Mavrick Land made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Land was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Noah Allstott, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.

Tell City's loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Springs Valley, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.

Tell City came up short against Springs Valley in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 9-5. Will Tell City 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.

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