The Evansville Central Bears will venture away from home to take on the Castle Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Evansville Central has given up an average of 6.8 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Evansville Central came into their game on Wednesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against North Posey, falling 15-3. The Bears haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Hunter Broshears made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one double.
Castle's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to Bloomington South on Tuesday. The Knights were the clear victors by a 9-1 margin over Jasper. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won seven games by six runs or more so far this season.
Castle is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Evansville Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-15.
Evansville Central couldn't quite get it done against Castle in their previous matchup back in May of 2024 as they fell 10-7. Can the Bears avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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