Lebanon is 8-2 against Western Boone since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Lebanon Tigers will be staying on the road to face off against the Western Boone Stars at 7:30 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.
Lebanon's hitters might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Crawfordsville on Friday. They fell just short of the Athenians by a score of 2-0. The loss continues a trend for Lebanon in their matchups with Crawfordsville: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Western Boone didn't have quite enough to beat Tri-West Hendricks on Friday and fell 3-1.
Bryce Kopriva was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Western Boone saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Jackson, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a double.
Lebanon's defeat dropped their record down to 11-13. As for Western Boone, their loss dropped their record down to 16-10.
Lebanon might still be hurting after the 12-0 defeat they got from Western Boone when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Western Boone's Quinn Westerfeld, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Lebanon 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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