The Castle Knights will square off against the Evansville Memorial Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Castle barely beat Evansville Reitz the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Knights' pitchers stepped up to hand the Panthers a 6-0 shutout on Thursday. Winning may never get old, but the Knights sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, Evansville Memorial won against Princeton on Monday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Everything went the Tigers' way against Evansville Bosse as they made off with a 10-0 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Tigers, who have now won six games in a row.
Castle pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Evansville Memorial, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
Everything went Castle's way against Evansville Memorial when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Castle made off with a 9-3 victory. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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