Baseball Preview: Coleville Wolves vs. Mineral County Serpents
Coleville is 0-9-1 against Mineral County since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Coleville Wolves will head out on the road to take on the Mineral County Serpents at 10:00 a.m. Coleville is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 12.5 runs per game this season.
Coleville is headed out hoping to continue their success from last week, when the picked up their first road victory of the season on Friday. They suffered a tough 14-4 loss at the hands of Excel Christian. Coleville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
ZEKE RODRIGUEZ was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
Meanwhile, Mineral County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Tonopah by a score of 9-8. That's two games in a row now that Mineral County has lost by just one run.
Mineral County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Donovan Donahue, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Brock Barton, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Even though they lost, Mineral County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Tonopah only tossed nine.
Coleville's loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 4-4. As for Mineral County, their record is now 4-11.
Mineral County's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Coleville hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .406. It's a different story for Mineral County, though, as they've only averaged .246. Will they be able to contain Coleville's hitters?
Coleville came up short against Mineral County when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 18-15. Thankfully for Coleville, Drake Spanier (who scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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