West Monroe is 7-2 against Captain Shreve since March of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The West Monroe Rebels will be playing at home against the Captain Shreve Gators at 6:00 p.m. Neither West Monroe nor Captain Shreve posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
On Thursday, West Monroe sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Alexandria.
Drew Ferguson
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Drew Ferguson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on six hits and racked up seven Ks. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Drew Anderson, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Captain Shreve unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Airline.
West Monroe has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-5-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. Captain Shreve's loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 13-5.
Everything went West Monroe's way against Captain Shreve in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, as West Monroe made off with a 14-2 victory. Will West Monroe repeat their success, or does Captain Shreve have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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