Baseball Preview: Bluffton Tigers vs. Churubusco Eagles
The Bluffton Tigers will be playing at home against the Churubusco Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bluffton has five straight wins, Churubusco has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Thursday, it was close, but Bluffton sidestepped Woodlan for a 4-3 victory.
Nick Pastore was excellent, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Churubusco fell victim to a rough 8-2 defeat at the hands of Fremont on Thursday.
Cameron Patten was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and two RBI.
Even though they lost, Churubusco didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their seventh loss (out of nine games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Bluffton's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-5. As for Churubusco, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10-1.
Bluffton was able to grind out a solid victory over Churubusco when the teams last played back in May of 2022, winning 8-5. Will Bluffton repeat their success, or does Churubusco have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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