Merryville has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Basile Bearcats at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Merryville's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Basile's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Merryville stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past Gueydan 16-0.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 14 runs the game before, Basile were a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 14-1 walloping at the hands of Oberlin. Basile has not had much luck with Oberlin recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Merryville is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Basile, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
Everything went Merryville's way against Basile in their previous meeting on March 5th as Merryville made off with a 16-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Merryville since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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