The Waterloo Bulldogs will square off against the Edwardsville Tigers at 10:00 a.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Waterloo can't be too worried about heading out to take on Edwardsville: they just beat Alton at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Bulldogs walked away with a 4-1 win over the Redbirds on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, Edwardsville came tearing into Saturday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Senators as they made off with a 15-1 victory. Considering the Tigers have won 16 matches by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Waterloo's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 23-10. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Edwardsville, their win bumped their record up to 24-9.
Waterloo came up short against Edwardsville in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, falling 4-1. Can the Bulldogs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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