Baseball Preview: Crestwood Red Devils vs. Wickliffe Blue Devils
The Crestwood Red Devils will head out on the road to square off against the Wickliffe Blue Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Crestwood is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Crestwood will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Thursday, then bounced right back against Beachwood on Saturday. Everything went Crestwood's way against Beachwood as Crestwood made off with an 11-1 win. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Crestwood's hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
The team relied heavily on Landon Kuenzer, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Wright, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Wickliffe came tearing into Thursday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Bison 11-5. Considering Wickliffe has won seven games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Noah Dohm and Blake Ludvik did most of the damage at the plate: Dohm scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Ludvik scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Brandon Henderson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Crestwood's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-11. As for Wickliffe, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-8 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Crestwood has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Wickliffe struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Crestwood came out on top in a nail-biter against Wickliffe in their previous meeting back in April of 2018, sneaking past 4-3. Does Crestwood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wickliffe turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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