The Saugatuck Trailblazers will head out to face off against the Galesburg-Augusta Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Saugatuck blew Kellogg out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Tuesday Kellogg got their revenge. The Trailblazers fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 6-4. The Trailblazers' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Saugatuck saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cass Stanberry, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run. Morgan Davis was another, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, while Galesburg-Augusta put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Martin. The Rams were the clear victors by a 10-0 margin over the Clippers. The Rams haven't had any issues with the Clippers recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Nate Ewert and Ethan Gibson did most of the damage at the plate: Ewert went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run, while Gibson went 1-for-4 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. Gibson is becoming a predictor of Galesburg-Augusta's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Ashton Matrau, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run.
Galesburg-Augusta's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Saugatuck, they now have a losing record of 6-7.
Saugatuck came out on top in a nail-biter against Galesburg-Augusta when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 9-7. Will the Trailblazers repeat their success, or do the Rams have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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