Baseball Game Preview: Morgan Township Heads Out

By Team Reports May 12, 2024, 6:01am

Baseball Preview: Morgan Township Cherokees vs. South Central Satellites

The Morgan Township Cherokees will head out on the road to take on the South Central Satellites at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Morgan Township is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.

Morgan Township's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Glenn on Saturday. They lost 10-0 to the Falcons.

Meanwhile, South Central beat Bremen 8-3 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for South Central.

Brayden Grass tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, Billy Byrd was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Aaron Hogan, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.

Morgan Township's defeat dropped their record down to 8-11. As for South Central, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.

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