Canton-Galva is 0-10 against Marion since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Canton-Galva Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Marion Warriors at 3:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Friday, Canton-Galva came up short against Little River and fell 8-3.
Canton-Galva saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Collins, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Marion's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell victim to a rough 12-0 defeat at the hands of Sedgwick. Marion was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the five games prior) but Sedgwick's pitchers proved too tough.
Canton-Galva now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Marion, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Canton-Galva has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Marion struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Canton-Galva suffered a grim 16-0 defeat to Marion in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Canton-Galva, Mitch Norris (who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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