The Sutherland Knights are taking a road trip to square off against the Greece Athena Trojans at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last six times Sutherland and Batavia have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Wednesday. The Knights took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blue Devils.
Meanwhile, Greece Athena had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Spartans, sneaking past 5-3.
Greece Athena's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Sutherland, their loss dropped their record down to 7-3.
Sutherland came up short against Greece Athena in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, falling 9-4. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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