Bloomington North has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the South Knox Spartans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Things were looking good for Bloomington North after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Floyd Central by a score of 4-3. The defeat continues a trend for Bloomington North in their matchups with Floyd Central: they've now lost four in a row.
Bloomington North saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Eads, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Bloomington North didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 18 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, South Knox put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Vincennes Rivet 8-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for South Knox.
Bloomington North's loss dropped their record down to 7-16. As for South Knox, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season.
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