Baseball Preview: Evansville Central Bears vs. Evansville Harrison Warriors
Evansville Central is 8-2 against Evansville Harrison since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Evansville Central Bears are on the road again to play the Evansville Harrison Warriors at 5:00 p.m. Evansville Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Last Saturday, it was a hard-fought match, but Evansville Central had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Barr-Reeve.
Jaxon Henke made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaiden Clark, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Evansville Harrison got the win against Mt. Vernon last Monday by a conclusive 11-4.
Evansville Central's loss dropped their record down to 14-11. As for Evansville Harrison, their win bumped their record up to 8-9.
Evansville Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Evansville Harrison in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 7-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for Evansville Central since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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