The Steeleville Warriors will venture away from home to face off against the Marissa/Coulterville Meteors at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Steeleville took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lebanon an 8-0 shutout.
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Tyler Ingles made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. That double was his first of the season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Canon Ruby, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March. Colin Vallett was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Marissa/Coulterville had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They blew past the Pirates 7-0. The Meteors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by six runs or more this season.
Not much got past Carter Daugherty, who gave up just five hits to keep Valmeyer off the board.
On the hitting side, Marissa/Coulterville let Ryne Rhodes and Jack Stewart run wild. Rhodes went 1-for-2 with two runs and one RBI, while Stewart went 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Marissa/Coulterville pushed their record up to 10-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Steeleville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
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