Baseball Preview: Circle Thunderbirds vs. Collegiate Spartans
Circle is 2-8 against Collegiate since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Circle Thunderbirds will head out on the road to challenge the Collegiate Spartans at 3:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, Circle narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Valley Center 7-5.
Meanwhile, Collegiate came tearing into Monday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Rockets by a score of 13-8.
Jace Campbell was a standout: he scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Brett Wetta, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-5.
The victory got Circle back to even at 8-8. As for Collegiate, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-4.
Circle beat Collegiate 3-0 when the teams last played back in April of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Collegiate's Landon Ramsey, who tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for Circle to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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