Western Reserve was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell just short of the Plymouth Big Red by a score of 7-5. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Western Reserve of the 2-1 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture last Monday.
Landyn Wiegel was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Wiegel was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base.
Wiegel wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Pausch, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
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 14th loss (out of 17 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Western Reserve's defeat dropped their record down to 3-20. As for Plymouth, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-12.
Western Reserve will head out on the road to take on Buckeye Central at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Plymouth, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Monroeville at 5:00 p.m. Plymouth will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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