Baseball Game Preview: New Smyrna Beach Barracudas vs. DeLand Bulldogs

By Team Reports Mar 20, 2024, 10:56am

Preview: New Smyrna Beach Barracudas vs. DeLand Bulldogs

The New Smyrna Beach Barracudas will be playing at home against the DeLand Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Thursday, New Smyrna Beach fell victim to a tough 9-3 loss at the hands of Viera. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for New Smyrna Beach in their matchups with Viera: they've now lost seven in a row.

New Smyrna Beach saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon McClain, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.

Meanwhile, DeLand came up short against Bartram Trail on Tuesday and fell 5-2. DeLand has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

New Smyrna Beach now has a losing record at 3-4. As for DeLand, their loss dropped their record down to 7-4.

New Smyrna Beach came up short against DeLand when the teams last played back in March of 2023, falling 5-2. Thankfully for New Smyrna Beach, Sydney Monk (who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks)) 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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