The West Greene Pioneers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Jefferson-Morgan Rockets at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Jefferson-Morgan took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on West Greene, who comes in off a win.
West Greene can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Mapletown a 10-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for West Greene.
West Greene got a big performance out of Colten Thomas, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4. Thomas has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Johnny Lampe, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Jefferson-Morgan was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 7-3 to Avella.
Jefferson-Morgan saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Ellsworth, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
West Greene's victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-2. As for Jefferson-Morgan, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. West Greene has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Jefferson-Morgan struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
West Greene was able to grind out a solid win over Jefferson-Morgan in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 6-3. Does West Greene have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jefferson-Morgan turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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