Baseball Game Preview: Bloomington Bruins vs. Kaiser Cats

By Team Reports Apr 10, 2024, 4:59am

Baseball Preview: Bloomington Bruins vs. Kaiser Cats

Bloomington is 2-8 against Kaiser since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Bloomington Bruins will head out on the road to square off against the Kaiser Cats at 3:45 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Bloomington: 2.5, Kaiser: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.

While Bloomington has not struggled against Kaiser recently, they managed to flip the script on Tuesday. Bloomington skirted past Kaiser 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for Bloomington as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Andrew Martin spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jesus DeLaRiva, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.

The victory made it two in a row for Bloomington and bumps their season record up to 14-8. As for Kaiser, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-7.

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