Baseball Preview: Sparta Trojans vs. Clever Blue Jays
The Sparta Trojans will head out on the road to challenge the Clever Blue Jays at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Sparta's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Clever's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Sparta fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Early on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 4-3. Sparta has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Clever entered their tilt with Exeter with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Tigers a 10-0 shutout on Monday. The result was nothing new for Clever, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Sparta's loss dropped their record down to 11-6. As for Clever, they pushed their record up to 10-7 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Sparta suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Clever when the teams last played back in April of 2018. Can Sparta avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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