Baseball Game Preview: Borden Braves vs. Crothersville Tigers

By Team Reports Apr 10, 2024, 4:59am

Baseball Preview: Borden Braves vs. Crothersville Tigers

Borden is 10-0 against Crothersville since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Borden Braves are on the road again to play the Crothersville Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Borden is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.

Borden can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent match on Saturday. They blew past Clarksville 11-3.

Alex Schuler was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.

Meanwhile, Crothersville couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 11-1 walloping at the hands of Waldron on Tuesday. The defeat means Crothersville is still on the hunt for the season's first 'W'.

Crothersville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gage Howard, who went 1-for-2 with three stolen bases.

The win got Borden back to even at 3-3. As for Crothersville, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.

Borden took their victory against Crothersville in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 15-0. Will Borden repeat their success, or does Crothersville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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