Norfolk is 0-10 against Grand Island since April of 2017 but things could change on Thursday. The Panthers will be playing at home against the Islanders at 4:30 p.m.
Norfolk fell victim to Papillion-LaVista South and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Titans. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Meanwhile, while Grand Island put up plenty of runs on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Lincoln High. The Islanders blew past the Links 16-0. With that win, the Islanders brought their scoring average up to 7.4 runs per game.
Aldo Martinez looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Grand Island let Brock Cushing and Endry Lauriero run wild. Cushing scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Lauriero scored two runs while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Dinkelman, who went 1-for-2 with one triple and one RBI.
Grand Island always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .587. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.
The victory made it two in a row for Grand Island and bumps their season record up to 5-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 1 runs in those games. As for Norfolk, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
