Baseball Preview: Midland Trail Patriots vs. Charleston Catholic Irish
Midland Trail is 1-9 against Charleston Catholic since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Midland Trail Patriots will be staying on the road to face off against the Charleston Catholic Irish at 6:00 p.m. The last three games Midland Trail has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Saturday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Midland Trail had to settle for an 11-9 defeat against Paden City. That's two games in a row now that Midland Trail has lost by exactly two runs.
Midland Trail saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brody Jones, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Charleston Catholic can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Saturday. Everything went their way against Greater Beckley Christian as Charleston Catholic made off with a 22-1 win. While fans of Charleston Catholic might be used to big wins, the 21-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Midland Trail's loss dropped their record down to 6-9-1. As for Charleston Catholic, they pushed their record up to 10-2 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Midland Trail might still be hurting after the 17-1 defeat they got from Charleston Catholic in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Midland Trail avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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