Baseball Preview: Monroeville Eagles vs. Western Reserve Roughriders
Monroeville is 0-10 against Western Reserve since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Monroeville Eagles will be playing at home against the Western Reserve Roughriders at 5:00 p.m. Monroeville will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Monroeville will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Crestview, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Monroeville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-6 victory over Crestview on Tuesday.
The team relied heavily on Colt Clark, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Landin Hershiser was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Western Reserve suffered a tough 11-4 defeat at the hands of South Central on Tuesday.
Western Reserve saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Harmeling, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Western Reserve didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. This was only their seventh loss (out of eight games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Monroeville is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season. As for Western Reserve, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Monroeville might still be hurting after the 11-1 defeat they got from Western Reserve in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Monroeville, Chris Buchannon (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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