Baseball Game Preview: Big Walnut on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 2:19am

Baseball Preview: Big Walnut Golden Eagles vs. Tri-Valley Scotties

The Big Walnut Golden Eagles will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Tri-Valley Scotties at 5:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Big Walnut: 2.9, Tri-Valley: 1) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Big Walnut took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Everything went their way against Canal Winchester as Big Walnut made off with a 7-1 win.

Meanwhile, Tri-Valley entered their tilt with John Glenn with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They never let the Little Muskies onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory on Monday.

Gavin Harrold made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Harrold has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Harrold was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ashton Sensibaugh, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.

Big Walnut's win bumped their record up to 18-3. As for Tri-Valley, they pushed their record up to 19-2 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.

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