Baseball Preview: Beatrice Orangemen vs. Bennington Badgers
The Beatrice Orangemen will be playing at home against the Bennington Badgers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Beatrice is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
Beatrice stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They were the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over Omaha South.
Beatrice got a great performance from Trevin Lang as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Austin Baldwin was incredible, going 1-for-2 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Kale Koch, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Bennington faced Norris in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Bennington fell just short of Norris by a score of 5-4. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Bennington in their matchups with Norris: they've now lost three in a row.
Beatrice has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Bennington, their loss dropped their record down to 15-5.
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