Maplewood is 8-2 against Iroquois since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Maplewood Tigers will look to defend their home field against the Iroquois Braves at 4:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Maplewood will head into Monday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Monday. They lost 12-2 to Saegertown. The loss continues a trend for Maplewood in their matchups with Saegertown: they've now lost nine in a row.
Maplewood saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landyn Reynolds, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Iroquois owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past Union City 1-0.
The result came thanks to Reilly Brown's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up 11 Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Maplewood's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7. As for Iroquois, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-10 record this season.
Everything went Maplewood's way against Iroquois in their previous meeting back in April as Maplewood made off with a 16-1 win. Will Maplewood repeat their success, or does Iroquois have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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