Baseball Game Preview: Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder vs. Hancock Owls

The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder will challenge the Hancock Owls at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Long Prairie-Grey Eagle has four straight wins, Hancock has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

On Monday, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle made easy work of Osakis and carried off an 11-3 victory. Considering the Thunder have won 11 matchups by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Gavin Johnson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over 4.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

In other pitching news, Dirk Fellbaum looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.

Back at the plate, Ephraim Swartzentruber was incredible, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Travis Warner, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

Meanwhile, Hancock came up short against Canby on Monday and fell 6-3.

Hancock's loss dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, their win bumped their record up to 13-4.