Baseball Preview: College Park Falcons vs. Northgate Broncos
College Park is 10-0 against Northgate since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The College Park Falcons will head out on the road to take on the Northgate Broncos at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (College Park has three straight wins, Northgate has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but College Park sidestepped Northgate for a 2-1 victory.
For Northgate's part, Nate Luehs was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Northgate saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Weitl, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Northgate didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 11th loss (out of 14 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
College Park's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-6. As for Northgate, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-16.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. College Park has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Northgate struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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