The Centralia Orphans will head out on the road to challenge the Richland County Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
On Thursday, Centralia came up short against Salem and fell 9-5.
Cruz Harlan made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a triple and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Drake Fahringer, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 20 runs the game before, Richland County were a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They fell victim to a tough 9-1 defeat at the hands of St. Anthony. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Richland County in their matchups with St. Anthony: they've now lost six in a row.
Richland County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ian Winkler, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base.
Centralia now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Richland County, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Centralia might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Richland County in their previous meeting back in May of 2018. Can Centralia avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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