Baseball Preview: Prentice Buccaneers vs. Flambeau Falcons
The Prentice Buccaneers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Flambeau Falcons at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Prentice will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run last Thursday, then bounced right back against Gilman on Friday. Everything went Prentice's way against Gilman as Prentice made off with a 10-3 win.
Meanwhile, Flambeau can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 15-6 margin over Winter/Birchwood. The high-scoring effort was just what Flambeau needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Tanner Nelson and Luke Lawton made a splash no matter where they played. On the mound, Nelson tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Meanwhile, Lawton struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off five hits. At the plate, Nelson scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5, while Lawton scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Giles Groothousen was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Prentice's victory bumped their record up to 5-11. As for Flambeau, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Prentice might still be hurting after the 14-4 defeat they got from Flambeau in their previous matchup back in March of 2019. Will Prentice have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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