The Blooming Grove Lions will square off against the Palmer Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Blooming Grove's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Palmer has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Blooming Grove is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Palmer on Tuesday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs.
For Palmer's part, Cooper Stockton spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up six Ks. Stockton is becoming a predictor of Palmer's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 2-0-1 (and 0-9 when he doesn't).
On the hitting side, Palmer saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eric Cisneros, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another was Eli Baxter, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one RBI.
Palmer moved to 2-9-1 with that win, which also ended their four-game losing streak. As for Blooming Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 8-5.
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