Baseball Preview: Southwestern Rebels vs. Silver Creek Dragons
Southwestern is 0-3 against Silver Creek since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Southwestern Rebels will head out on the road to face off against the Silver Creek Dragons at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Southwestern sitting on five straight victories and Silver Creek on three.
Southwestern is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Friday, just like they did against Milan (and have done all season long). Southwestern put the hurt on Milan with a sharp 13-3 win on Wednesday. That's two games straight that Southwestern has won by exactly ten runs.
Adam Traylor spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on four hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Austin Jenkins, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last six games he's played. Peyton Cloud was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Silver Creek had just enough and edged Columbus East out 8-7 on Tuesday.
Southwestern has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Silver Creek, they pushed their record up to 9-4 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Southwestern came up short against Silver Creek when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 7-4. Can Southwestern avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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