The New London Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Western Reserve Roughriders at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. New London will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
New London is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell 9-5 to Wellington on Saturday.
New London saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Oliver Harrison, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Western Reserve suffered a rough 19-13 loss at the hands of Norwalk on Saturday. Western Reserve has struggled against Norwalk recently, as their match on Saturday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Austin Harmeling stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: he scored two runs while getting on base in all six of his plate appearances. Austin Kolb was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Western Reserve didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their tenth loss (out of 12 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
New London's record is now 0-11. As for Western Reserve, their record is now 2-13.
New London might still be hurting after the 22-4 defeat they got from Western Reserve in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can New London avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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