The Red Bud Musketeers will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Carlyle Indians/Lady Indians at 4:00 p.m. Red Bud is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Red Bud sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 9-8 victory over Chester.
Red Bud got a big performance out of Isaac Moll, who scored three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Derrick Whelan was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Carlyle was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wesclin. That's two games in a row now that Carlyle has lost by exactly three runs.
Carlyle saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Huels, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Grayson Strader, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Red Bud is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9-1 record this season. As for Carlyle, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-12.
Red Bud skirted past Carlyle 7-6 in their previous meeting on April 9th. Does Red Bud have another victory up their sleeve, or will Carlyle turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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