Baseball Preview: North Posey Vikings vs. Evansville Memorial Tigers
North Posey has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Evansville Memorial Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (North Posey: 3.4, Evansville Memorial: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
If North Posey beats Evansville Memorial with 13 runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. North Posey came out on top against Washington by a score of 13-9 on Thursday. That's two games straight that North Posey has won by exactly four runs.
North Posey got a massive performance out of Ethan Mansfield, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, four runs, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Kade Buecher, who went 3-for-4 with five RBI, two doubles, and a run.
Meanwhile, Evansville Memorial had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Alices a 2-0 shutout.
North Posey's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-2. As for Evansville Memorial, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
North Posey came up short against Evansville Memorial in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 4-1. Will North Posey 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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