Baseball Preview: Southwestern Piasa Birds vs. Carrollton Hawks
The Southwestern Piasa Birds will be playing at home against the Carrollton Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Carrollton is hoping to do on Thursday what North Mac couldn't on Monday: put an end to Southwestern's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Southwestern sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 win over North Mac.
The team relied heavily on Marcus Payne, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Carrollton was able to grind out a solid victory over Carlinville on Thursday, taking the game 12-9. That's two games straight that Carrollton has won by exactly three runs.
Southwestern pushed their record up to 24-6 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Carrollton, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-15 record this season.
Southwestern beat Carrollton 4-0 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Southwestern repeat their success, or does Carrollton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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