The Bellevue East Chieftains will head out on the road to take on the Millard West Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Bellevue East has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Millard West will come in with five straight wins.
On Saturday, Bellevue East came up short against Central and fell 6-3.
Bellevue East saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Shearer, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Millard West faced Elkhorn South in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Wildcats sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over the Storm. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by just one run.
Millard West pushed their record up to 15-9 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Bellevue East, their loss dropped their record down to 11-13.
Bellevue East might still be hurting after the 7-1 defeat they got from Millard West in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. Can the Chieftains avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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