The Eastern Eagles are taking a road trip to face off against the Manchester Greyhounds at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Eastern has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Manchester will arrive with six straight victories.
Eastern blew Peebles out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Friday Peebles got their revenge. The Eagles fell just short of the Indians by a score of 6-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Eagles have suffered since May 14, 2024.
Eastern saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cade Leist, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Manchester). They blew past Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington 17-2 on Monday. The Greyhounds might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Leland Horner, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with six RBI, one run, and one double. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Applegate, who went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one double.
Manchester kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in four consecutive contests.
Manchester's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-4. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Eastern, their loss dropped their record down to 2-14.
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