Baseball Preview: Westside Wolverines vs. Middleburg Broncos
Westside is 0-3 against Middleburg since February of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Westside Wolverines will head out on the road to challenge the Middleburg Broncos at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Sadly, Westside is still looking for their first win of the season after 11 matches. Their tough 20-3 loss to Old Plank Christian Academy on Tuesday might stick with them for a while.
Meanwhile, Middleburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of Atlantic Coast by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Middleburg has lost by just one run.
Mason Lee was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Middleburg saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Johnny De Antonis, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Westside's loss dropped their record down to 0-11. As for Middleburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-10.
Westside suffered a grim 13-0 defeat to Middleburg in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Middleburg's Brayden Daigle, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Now that Westside knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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