Baseball Preview: Coal City Coalers vs. Reed-Custer Comets
The Coal City Coalers will head out on the road to face off against the Reed-Custer Comets at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Coal City is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Coal City came up short against Plano and fell 5-2. Coal City has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Coal City got a good showing from Austin Davy, who tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Davy has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Coal City saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Blaine Doss, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Coal City hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. This was only their first loss (out of three games) when they post two or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Reed-Custer entered their tilt with Momence with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They blew past the Momence Athletics 16-2. Considering Reed-Custer has won seven matchups by more than nine runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Coal City's loss dropped their record down to 13-7. As for Reed-Custer, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season.
Coal City beat Reed-Custer 7-4 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Coal City since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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