Baseball Preview: Morrison Wildcats vs. Cleveland Tigers
Morrison has been on the road for five straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Cleveland Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Morrison will be strutting in after a victory while Cleveland will be coming in after a loss.
Morrison can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Tonkawa a 6-0 shutout. Six seems to be a good number for Morrison as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on KJ Burk, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Sterlin Casey, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cleveland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. Their tough 6-0 loss to Perkins-Tryon might stick with them for a while.
Morrison is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for Cleveland, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-15.
Everything went Morrison's way against Cleveland when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Morrison made off with a 14-2 victory. Will Morrison repeat their success, or does Cleveland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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