Baseball Preview: Shawnee Indians vs. Van Wert Cougars
The Shawnee Indians will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Van Wert Cougars at 5:30 p.m.
Shawnee will head into Saturday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Napoleon on Saturday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the eight-run defeat they were dealt on Friday. Shawnee fell just short of Napoleon by a score of 6-4. Shawnee has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Jack Schimmoeller was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits.
On the hitting side, Derek Lyons was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Van Wert had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Titans.
Shawnee's loss dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Van Wert, they pushed their record up to 7-6 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Shawnee beat Van Wert 11-6 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Shawnee repeat their success, or does Van Wert have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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