The Eastern Comets will challenge the Twin Lakes Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, Eastern earned a 9-5 win over Carroll. The victory continues a trend for the Comets in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, Twin Lakes had just enough and edged out Western 9-8 on Thursday.
Tate Goyer was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-5 with three RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Mason Brummett, who got on base in all six of his plate appearances with three runs and one RBI. Twin Lakes is 6-1 when Brummett posts two or more runs, but 2-4 otherwise. Cooper Dold was another key player, going 2-for-6 with two runs and one stolen base.
Eastern's win bumped their record up to 11-4. As for Twin Lakes, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.
Eastern came out on top in a nail-biter against Twin Lakes when the teams last played back in May of 2018, sneaking past 6-4. Do the Comets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Indians turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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