Baseball Game Preview: Center Grove Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 3:43am

Baseball Preview: Center Grove Trojans vs. Bloomington South Panthers

Center Grove is 5-0 against Bloomington South since June of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Center Grove Trojans will head out on the road to challenge the Bloomington South Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Center Grove will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.

On Monday, Center Grove earned a 15-11 victory over Brownsburg. That's two games straight that Center Grove has won by exactly four runs.

Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Bloomington South's offense. They fell 3-0 to Franklin Community on Friday. The matchup marked the first time this season in which Bloomington South was not able to get on the board.

Bloomington South got a good showing from Reid Walker, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.

On the hitting side, Bloomington South saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Osborne, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base.

Center Grove pushed their record up to 19-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Bloomington South, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-5 record this season.

Center Grove was able to grind out a solid victory over Bloomington South in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, winning 4-1. Will Center Grove repeat their success, or does Bloomington South have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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