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| 05/09/24 - Away | 4-3 W |
| 05/09/24 - Home | 3-2 W |
| 05/09/24 - Home | 5-4 W |
| 05/11/23 - Home | 5-4 W |
| 05/11/23 - Home | 1-6 L |
| + 5 more games |
Grand Rapids and Bemidji are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Thunderhawks will take on the Lumberjacks at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Grand Rapids sitting on seven straight victories and Bemidji on three.
Grand Rapids proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by six) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over Denfeld.
Two must be Bemidji's lucky number: they beat Moorhead with that score not once but twice on Tuesday. The Lumberjacks skirted past the Spuds 2-1.
Gunner Ganske spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on four hits and racked up ten Ks.
On the hitting side, Bemidji's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Eli Kringen, who went 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI. That double marked the first that Kringen has hit this season.
Grand Rapids' win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Bemidji, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
Grand Rapids came out on top in a nail-biter against Bemidji in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, sneaking past 4-3. Will the Thunderhawks repeat their success, or do the Lumberjacks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
