The Eastern Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Western Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Friday just wasn't the day for Eastern's offense. They came up short against Symmes Valley on Friday, falling 7-0. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Western couldn't beat Northwest on Thursday even though they stacked five runs on them in the third inning. The Indians lost 17-7 to the Mohawks. That's two games in a row now that the Indians have lost by exactly ten runs.
Western saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Ware, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Western's defeat dropped their record down to 1-13. As for Eastern, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
Everything went Eastern's way against Western in their previous matchup last Wednesday, as Eastern made off with a 21-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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