Maxwell is on a five-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Twin River a 12-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The Maxwell Wildcats will take on the Twin River Titans at TBD on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Maxwell scored the most runs they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 18-7 walloping at the hands of Aurora. That's two games in a row now that Maxwell has lost by exactly 11 runs.
Cyrrus Messersmith was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Breckyn Collins, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Even though they lost, Maxwell always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .633. That's the best OBP they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Twin River had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against South Sioux City on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that Twin River has lost by just one run.
Twin River saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Paydon Rinkol, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-5.
Maxwell's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Twin River, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Maxwell came out on top in a nail-biter against Twin River when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 8-7. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Twin River's Korbe Urkoski, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned run off one hit. Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be that much easier for Maxwell to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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