The New Bremen Cardinals will head out on the road to square off against the Ansonia Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, New Bremen finally turned things around against Tri-Village on Wednesday. New Bremen had just enough and edged Tri-Village out 3-1.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Ansonia, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Troy Christian 7-5.
Lander Shives made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Shives was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Asher Shives, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
New Bremen's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-10. As for Ansonia, their record now sits at 9-11.
New Bremen came up short against Ansonia in their previous meeting back in April, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ansonia's Darby Gilland, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that New Bremen knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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