Baseball Preview: Mooresville Pioneers vs. Martinsville Artesians
Mooresville is 8-2 against Martinsville since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Mooresville Pioneers will head out on the road to take on the Martinsville Artesians at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mooresville has four straight victories, Martinsville has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Saturday, Mooresville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Covenant Christian.
Liam Delp looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Levi Dorn, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Deklan Thompson was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Martinsville suffered a tough 17-3 loss at the hands of Bloomington North in Saturday's second game.
Martinsville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rhys Wolf, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Mooresville's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-2. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs per game. As for Martinsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Mooresville has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Martinsville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Mooresville beat Martinsville 8-3 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Wolf, who struck out 11 batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mooresville still be able to contain Wolf? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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