The Canute Trojans are taking a road trip to square off against the Union City Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Union City will take on a team with plenty of momentum: Canute extended their winning streak to nine on Tuesday. The Trojans never let Binger-Oney get on the board and left with a 9-0 victory.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Union City). Everything went their way against Ninnekah on Thursday as they made off with a 21-6 win. With that victory, the Tigers brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Cayden Walker was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with five RBI, two runs, and one triple. Those two hits gave him a new career-high. Aiden Lawson was another key player, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs, two RBI, and one double.
Union City was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .524. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
The win made it two in a row for Union City and bumps their season record up to 20-5. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 6 runs in those games. As for Canute, their record is now 14-1.
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