The Leesville Road Pride will venture away from home to take on the Jordan Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
On Friday, Leesville Road came up short against Heritage and fell 9-4. That's two games in a row now that the Pride have lost by exactly five runs.
Leesville Road got a good showing from Avery Morton, who pitched 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Leesville Road saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Fields, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Landon Lewis also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Meanwhile, Jordan waltzed into their game on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 12-7 win over the Cavaliers.
Cam Daniels was excellent, going 3-for-4 with three RBI and one stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Moeller, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Jordan's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Leesville Road, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Leesville Road has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Jordan struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Leesville Road might still be hurting after the 13-3 loss they got from Jordan when the teams last played back in May of 2018. Can Leesville Road avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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