Baseball Game Preview: Southern Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 3:56am

Baseball Preview: Southern Indians vs. Leetonia Bears

Southern is 10-0 against Leetonia since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Southern Indians will head out on the road to face off against the Leetonia Bears at 5:00 p.m. Southern is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.

Southern lost 14-5 to David Anderson on Wednesday.

Southern saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zac Mayfield, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Leetonia's offense. They lost 13-0 to Heartland Christian on Tuesday. Leetonia has not had much luck with Heartland Christian recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

Southern's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Leetonia, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.

Everything went Southern's way against Leetonia when the teams last played back in April as Southern made off with a 9-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southern since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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