The Roxana Shells will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Columbia Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Roxana: 4.1, Columbia: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Roxana lost 9-1 to Nashville on Monday. Roxana has struggled against Nashville recently, as their match on Monday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Cooper Harris was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Roxana saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elias Thies, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Columbia came tearing into Monday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Maroons by a score of 5-2.
Roxana's defeat dropped their record down to 18-10. As for Columbia, they pushed their record up to 18-4 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Roxana came out on top in a nail-biter against Columbia when the teams last played on April 9th, sneaking past 3-1. Will Roxana repeat their success, or does Columbia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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