The Newcomerstown Trojans will head out on the road to face off against the West Muskingum Tornadoes at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, Newcomerstown came up short against Conotton Valley and fell 11-8. That's two games in a row now that Newcomerstown has lost by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, West Muskingum faced Granville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. West Muskingum suffered a tough 9-1 loss at the hands of Granville. West Muskingum has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
West Muskingum saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addy Antonetz, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Newcomerstown now has a losing record at 1-2. As for West Muskingum, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-3.
Newcomerstown came up short against West Muskingum when the teams last played back in March of 2016, falling 8-3. Can Newcomerstown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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