Baseball Recap: West Greene Pioneers vs. California Trojans
There's no place like home for West Greene, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They came out on top against the California Trojans by a score of 8-5 on Tuesday. This was a revenge matchup for West Greene, as the team was forced to settle for a 2-1 defeat when these two played on Monday.
The team relied heavily on Darren Knight, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his six plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Shipman, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
On California's side, Logan Hartley put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Hartley was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Caden Monticelli was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-3 with an RBI. Another player making a difference was Chase Cicchitto, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, California was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Greene only posted a batting average of .200.
West Greene has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for California, they dropped their record down to 5-13 with that loss, which was their eighth straight on the road.
West Greene will face off against Bentworth at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bentworth has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.67 runs per game on average), something West Greene will no doubt try to take advantage of. California does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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