Baseball Game Preview: Mona Shores Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 12, 2024, 4:16am

Baseball Preview: Mona Shores Sailors vs. Zeeland West Dux

Mona Shores has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Zeeland West Dux at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mona Shores is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.

Mona Shores stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They never let Union onto the board and left with an 8-0 win.

Trevor Cunningham tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, Zack Keessen was excellent, scoring three runs while going 3-for-5. Another player making a difference was Brady Tilden, who scored a run and stole two bases.

Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but Zeeland West had to settle for a 7-6 loss against South Christian on Friday. Zeeland West has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Mona Shores is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Zeeland West, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-9.

Mona Shores might still be hurting after the 10-3 loss they got from Zeeland West in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Mona Shores avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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