Baseball Preview: Hamilton Big Blue vs. Princeton Vikings
Hamilton is 8-2 against Princeton since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Hamilton Big Blue will be playing in front of their home fans against the Princeton Vikings at 5:00 p.m. Hamilton will be strutting in after a victory while Princeton will be coming in after a defeat.
Hamilton will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Lakota East, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Hamilton came out on top against Lakota East by a score of 7-2 on Wednesday.
The team relied heavily on Kaleb Powers, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 14 runs the game before, Princeton was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They fell just short of Oak Hills by a score of 3-1. Princeton has struggled against Oak Hills recently, as their match on Wednesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Princeton saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josh Davis, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Hamilton is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Princeton, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
Hamilton was able to grind out a solid win over Princeton in their previous matchup on April 9th, winning 4-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Princeton's Robert Bloom, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hamilton still be able to contain Bloom? There's only one way to find out.
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