The Coalfield Yellow Jackets will take on the North Greene Huskies on Wednesday. The timing is sure in Coalfield's favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while North Greene has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Coalfield's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Saturday, when they got past Greenback's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Yellow Jackets were the clear victors by a 10-2 margin over the Cherokees. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 22 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Levi Heidel was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Treece, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Meanwhile, North Greene lost 8-1 to University School on Saturday.
Coalfield is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for North Greene, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-13.
Coalfield came out on top in a nail-biter against North Greene in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. Do the Yellow Jackets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Huskies turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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