After three games on the road, West Middlesex is heading back home. They will take on the Greenville Trojans at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
West Middlesex will head into Wednesday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Wednesday. They lost 13-2 to Lakeview.
Logan Kent was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Greenville earned a 5-2 victory over Reynolds on Monday.
Jack Strausser made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Strausser was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nick Solderich, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Brandon Stubert was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
West Middlesex's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-9. As for Greenville, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
West Middlesex might still be hurting after the 13-0 loss they got from Greenville in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Strausser, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over five innings pitched. Now that West Middlesex knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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