Baseball Preview: Conneaut Spartans vs. Newton Falls Tigers
The Conneaut Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the Newton Falls Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Conneaut is is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 15-4 to Geneva.
J.R. Hutchison was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Newton Falls unfortunately witnessed the end of their 12-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 10-2 to Southeast. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Newton Falls couldn't push the score so high this time.
Newton Falls saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Powell, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Newton Falls was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. This was only their first loss (out of three games) when they post three or more doubles.
Conneaut's defeat dropped their record down to 3-17. As for Newton Falls, their loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-8-1.
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