The Civic Memorial Eagles will be playing at home against the Carbondale Terriers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Civic Memorial will head into Thursday's contest ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Waterloo on Thursday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the 11-run loss they were dealt on Monday. Civic Memorial fell just short of Waterloo by a score of 7-5. Civic Memorial has struggled against Waterloo recently, as their game on Thursday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Kale Hawk made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and a double.
Meanwhile, Carbondale was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 12-2 to Massac County.
Carbondale saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nevin Byram, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Civic Memorial's loss dropped their record down to 8-20. As for Carbondale, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-15.
Civic Memorial came up short against Carbondale in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 6-1. Thankfully for Civic Memorial, Eli Dyer (who struck out 13 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four 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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