Western Reserve is 10-0 against Monroeville since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Western Reserve Roughriders will head out on the road to square off against the Monroeville Eagles at 5:00 p.m. Western Reserve is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
On Tuesday, Western Reserve fell victim to a rough 11-4 loss at the hands of South Central.
Western Reserve saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Harmeling, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Western Reserve didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. This was only their seventh loss (out of eight games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Monroeville has not done well against Crestview recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Monroeville skirted past Crestview 8-6.
The team relied heavily on Colt Clark, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Landin Hershiser, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Western Reserve's defeat dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Monroeville, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season.
Everything went Western Reserve's way against Monroeville in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Western Reserve made off with an 11-1 win. Does Western Reserve have another victory up their sleeve, or will Monroeville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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