Baseball Preview: Fort Wayne South Side Archers vs. Homestead Spartans
Fort Wayne South Side is 2-8 against Homestead since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Fort Wayne South Side Archers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Homestead Spartans at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
In Saturday's second game, Fort Wayne South Side didn't have quite enough to beat Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran and fell 2-1.
Evan Harl was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over six innings pitched. Harl was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Homestead unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak in Saturday's second game. They fell just short of Cathedral by a score of 7-6.
Homestead saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Riha, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. Caleb Bradford was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Fort Wayne South Side's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Homestead, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-4.
Fort Wayne South Side suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Homestead when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Fort Wayne South Side, Bryce Yoder (who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run, two RBI, and a double) 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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