Baseball Preview: Murphysboro Red Devils vs. Carterville Lions
Murphysboro has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Carterville Lions at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Murphysboro is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
Last Friday, Murphysboro came up short against Harrisburg and fell 7-2.
Murphysboro got a good showing from Nathan Evans, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, Murphysboro saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Bastien, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Bastien has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, Carterville suffered a tough 11-3 defeat at the hands of Massac County on Friday. Carterville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Murphysboro's record is now 10-12. As for Carterville, their record now sits at 9-8.
Murphysboro came up short against Carterville in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carterville's Brady Phillips, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Now that Murphysboro knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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