Baseball Preview: Edwardsville Tigers vs. Belleville East Lancers
Edwardsville is 8-2 against Belleville East since May of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Edwardsville Tigers will be playing at home against the Belleville East Lancers at 4:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Edwardsville: 3.7, Belleville East: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Tuesday, Edwardsville beat Belleville East 4-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Edwardsville.
For Belleville East's part, Dawson Vernier was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. Vernier has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Belleville East saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caden Cagas, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Reid Neumayer, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Edwardsville has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Belleville East, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-11.
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