The Immanuel Eagles will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Washington Union Panthers at 6:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Immanuel's offense. They fell victim to a rough 9-0 loss at the hands of Selma on Wednesday. The shutout was out of character for Immanuel seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
Immanuel saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Vossler, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, Washington Union also failed to score in their most recent game. They fell 5-0 to Kerman on Wednesday. The game marked that first time this year in which Washington Union was not able to get on the board.
Immanuel's defeat dropped their record down to 10-5. As for Washington Union, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Immanuel has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Washington Union struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Immanuel came up short against Washington Union in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 9-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Washington Union's Davin Finderup, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and not a single walk). Now that Immanuel knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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