Baseball Preview: Westmoreland Eagles vs. Colonial Beach Drifters
The Westmoreland Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Colonial Beach Drifters at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Westmoreland is no doubt hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Westmoreland is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell victim to a tough 14-5 defeat at the hands of Essex on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Colonial Beach was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. Their rough 10-0 defeat to Lancaster might stick with them for a while. The game marked the first time this year in which Colonial Beach was not able to get on the board.
Colonial Beach saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gary Tompkins, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Westmoreland's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Colonial Beach, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Westmoreland might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Colonial Beach in their previous matchup on April 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Colonial Beach's Zachary Combs, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. Now that Westmoreland 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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