Baseball Game Preview: New Washington Leaves Home

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 5:53am

Baseball Preview: New Washington Mustangs vs. Lanesville Eagles

New Washington is 0-9 against Lanesville since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The New Washington Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Lanesville Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

New Washington lost 15-4 to South Central on Monday.

Meanwhile, Lanesville came up short against West Washington on Monday and fell 8-5. Lanesville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Jaxson Payne was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ian Crawford, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.

New Washington's loss dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Lanesville, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.

New Washington might still be hurting after the 15-7 loss they got from Lanesville in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for New Washington, Johnathon Albers (who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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