Baseball Preview: Newton Eagles vs. Lawrenceville Indians
Newton is 6-0 against Lawrenceville since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Newton Eagles will be playing at home against the Lawrenceville Indians at 4:30 p.m.
Last Thursday, it was a hard-fought game, but Newton had to settle for a 5-3 loss against Robinson. Newton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Max Meinhart put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over 5.1 innings pitched. Meinhart has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Meinhart was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
Meinhart wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was David Ferguson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lawrenceville owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-0 win over Paris. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lawrenceville.
The result came thanks to Emery Ivers's shutout, as he gave up just one hit and racked up eight Ks.
Newton's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-12. As for Lawrenceville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9-1 record this season.
Newton took their victory against Lawrenceville in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0. Will Newton repeat their success, or does Lawrenceville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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