Southern Wells has played every game this season on their home field, but they'll have to hit the road on Tuesday. They will square off against the Southwood Knights at 5:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
On Monday, Southern Wells suffered a tough 17-11 loss at the hands of South Adams. Southern Wells has struggled against South Adams recently, as their game on Monday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Peyton Bertsch put in work no matter where he played. He pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Bertsch was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Landon Johnson was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, sadly, Southwood is still looking for their first win of the season after four matchups. They fell victim to a rough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Madison-Grant on Monday.
Southwood saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dalton Barney, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Quintin Coe, who scored a run and stole two bases.
Southern Wells' record is now 1-3. As for Southwood, their record now sits at 0-4.
Southern Wells couldn't quite finish off Southwood in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 and fell 7-5. Can Southern Wells avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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