The Stark County Rebels are taking a road trip to square off against the Bureau Valley Storm at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Stark County has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight defeats, while Bureau Valley will come in with nine straight victories.
Stark County lost 8-2 to Peoria Christian on Monday.
Stark County saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaedon Steelman, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Bureau Valley owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They blew past Galva 8-0. Considering the Storm have won ten contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Bureau Valley's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-4. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Stark County, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
Stark County couldn't quite finish off Bureau Valley when the teams last played back in April of 2024 and fell 2-0. Can the Rebels avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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