Baseball Preview: Maplewood Tigers vs. Saegertown Panthers
Maplewood is 1-9 against Saegertown since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Maplewood Tigers will be playing at home against the Saegertown Panthers at 4:30 p.m. Maplewood will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
Last Monday, Maplewood came out on top against Union City by a score of 5-3 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Levi Willison was excellent, going 3-for-4 with three RBI. Andrew Proper was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Saegertown's hitters rose to the challenge against a Huskies pitching crew that boasted an average of only three runs allowed on Saturday. Saegertown walked away with an 11-7 victory over Harbor Creek. The win was nothing new for Saegertown as they're now sitting on three straight.
Luke Young was a standout: he scored a run while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Burchill, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Maplewood is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for Saegertown, their victory bumped their record up to 13-2-1.
Maplewood might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Saegertown when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Saegertown's Wyatt Burchill, who tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Maplewood 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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