Baseball Game Preview: Winfield Generals vs. Wayne Pioneers

vs

Previous Games

04/16/24 - Away	5-4 W
04/04/24 - Home	15-1 W
04/25/23 - Away	4-0 W
03/30/23 - Home	10-2 W
04/21/22 - Home	7-3 W
+ 5 more games

Winfield is 9-1 against Wayne since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. Winfield will venture away from home to take on Wayne at 7:00 p.m. Winfield will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.

Winfield proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 15) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Logan 5-4. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

The team relied heavily on Blake Withrow, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. That triple was his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Brayson Downey, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Wayne came up short against Chapmanville Regional on Saturday and fell 8-3.

Wayne saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Fisher Fry, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI.

Winfield pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs over those games. As for Wayne, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.

Wayne's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Winfield hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .327. It's a different story for Wayne, though, as they've only averaged .243. Will they be able to contain Winfield's hitters?

Winfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Wayne in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, sneaking past 5-4. Will Winfield repeat their success, or does Wayne has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.