Baseball Preview: Loyal Greyhounds vs. Spencer Rockets
The Loyal Greyhounds will head out on the road to take on the Spencer Rockets at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Loyal's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Columbus Catholic on Friday. They fell 4-0 to the Dons. The matchup marked the first time this season in which Loyal was not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Spencer fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Stanley-Boyd on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Orioles by a score of 7-6. Spencer just can't catch a break and has now endured three losses in a row.
Reed Knecht made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Carter Luepke, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and two RBI.
This is the second loss in a row for Loyal and nudges their season record down to 8-3. As for Spencer, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
Loyal couldn't quite finish off Spencer when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 7-5. Thankfully for Loyal, Andrew Sieracki (who struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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