Baseball Game Preview: Ledyard Colonels vs. Plainfield Panthers

The Ledyard Colonels are taking a road trip to square off against the Plainfield Panthers at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Ledyard might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 5-3 to Stonington, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The defeat continues a trend for the Colonels in their meetings with the Bears: they've now lost four in a row.

Jeff Duerr and Carson Luther did some serious damage despite the final result: Duerr scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Luther went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and three RBI.

Meanwhile, Plainfield came up short against Norwich RVT on Monday, falling 13-2. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Plainfield saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tony Navan, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Ledyard's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Plainfield, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-3.

Everything went Ledyard's way against Plainfield when the teams last played back in May of 2019, as Ledyard made off with a 10-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Colonels since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.