Baseball Preview: Castle Knights vs. Evansville Central Bears
The Castle Knights will head out on the road to take on the Evansville Central Bears at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Castle's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Evansville Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Castle is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Jasper on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 3-2.
Meanwhile, Evansville Central started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against North Posey. They took a 13-9 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Vikings on Wednesday. It was the first time this season that Evansville Central let down their fans at home.
Jaxon Henke made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Broshears, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Castle's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Evansville Central, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-8 record this season.
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