Baseball Preview: Alexandria-Monroe Tigers vs. Yorktown Tigers
Alexandria-Monroe is 1-6 against Yorktown since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Alexandria-Monroe Tigers will look to defend their home field against the Yorktown Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Alexandria-Monroe is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Alexandria-Monroe had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Blackford.
Kaed Abshire spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Alexandria-Monroe saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Fuller, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Yorktown entered their tilt with New Castle with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They were the clear victor by an 11-3 margin over the Trojans on Saturday.
Luke Diebold made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Diebold was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Alexandria-Monroe's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-6. As for Yorktown, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
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