The West Morgan Rebels are taking a road trip to square off against the Athens Golden Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. West Morgan has given up an average of 7.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
West Morgan managed to slip by Priceville the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. West Morgan lost 20-8 to Priceville on Tuesday. The Rebels have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Athens suffered their closest loss since February 22nd on Tuesday. They fell just short of Brooks by a score of 4-2. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Golden Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.
Athens saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was John Lawrence Chittam, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Athens moved to 8-3 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for West Morgan, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
West Morgan might still be hurting after the 12-3 defeat they got from Athens in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can West Morgan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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