Baseball Game Preview: Allendale Falcons vs. Greenville Yellow Jackets

The Allendale Falcons will take on the Greenville Yellow Jackets at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Allendale 3.2, Greenville 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Allendale's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Kenowa Hills.

Meanwhile, Greenville came tearing into Saturday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victors by a 10-4 margin over the Warriors. Ten seems to be a good number for the Yellow Jackets as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

The team relied heavily on Sullivan (Sulli) Witt, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. He also put up an RBI, which was his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Noah Long, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-5.

Greenville's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.4 runs over those games. As for Allendale, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.