The Gretna Dragons will head out on the road to take on the Bennington Badgers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Gretna has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight losses, while Bennington will come in with eight straight wins.
On Wednesday, Gretna came up short against Lincoln Southeast and fell 7-3.
Griffin Goldman was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with one home run, two RBI, and one double. That double marked the first that he hit this season.
Meanwhile, Bennington faced Gretna East in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Badgers narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Griffins 2-1.
Jarron Utterback spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, Bennington saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Spencer, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Bennington's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.7 runs over those games. As for Gretna, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Gretna couldn't quite get it done against Bennington when the teams last played back in April of 2019 as they fell 8-4. Can the Dragons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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