Carlinville is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Staunton a four-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The Carlinville Cavaliers will look to defend their home field against the Staunton Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m.
Carlinville is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell just short of Litchfield by a score of 6-5 on Monday.
Noah Convery made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with one home run and two runs. Michael Kaganich was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one triple and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Staunton never let their opponents score on Wednesday. Everything went their way against East Alton-Wood River as they made off with a 15-0 victory. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Lucas Coalson was a standout: he went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI, one run, and one double. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Ashton Rizzi, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI, one run, and one double.
Staunton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .625. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Carlinville's defeat dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Staunton, they now have a winning record of 9-8-1.
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