Baseball Recap: Coal City Coalers vs. Reed-Custer Comets
There's no place like home for Coal City, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They came out on top against the Reed-Custer Comets by a score of 7-3 on Tuesday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Coal City also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023.
Joe Watson tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Coal City saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Danny Olson, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Coal City's win bumped their record up to 14-7. As for Reed-Custer, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-11.
Coal City will have a chance to go back-to-back against Reed-Custer: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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