Baseball Preview: Medina Battling Bees vs. Shaker Heights Red Raiders
After two games on the road, Medina is heading back home. They will take on the Shaker Heights Red Raiders at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Medina is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
On Saturday, Medina beat North Ridgeville 6-3.
Lincoln Briggs tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, Camryn Hathaway and Joey Johnson did most of the damage at the plate: Hathaway scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances, while Johnson scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Brayden Smigel, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Shaker Heights had to settle for a 6-4 loss against North Allegheny on Friday.
Medina has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for Shaker Heights, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9.
Medina was able to grind out a solid victory over Shaker Heights when the teams last played back in May of 2019, winning 4-0. Does Medina have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shaker Heights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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