Baseball Preview: Bolivar-Richburg Wolverines vs. Andover Panthers
Bolivar-Richburg has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Andover Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bolivar-Richburg is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.4 runs per game this season.
Andover's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Bolivar-Richburg had not allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Bolivar-Richburg blew past Cuba-Rushford 6-0. Considering Bolivar-Richburg has won eight matchups by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past Landon Barkley, who gave up just five hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Cuba-Rushford off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Tavyn MacDonell, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Allen, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Andover was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Alfred-Almond by a score of 5-4.
Bolivar-Richburg pushed their record up to 12-1 with that win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Andover, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Bolivar-Richburg took their victory against Andover in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 16-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bolivar-Richburg 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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