The Bullock Creek Lancers will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Harrison Hornets at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bullock Creek has three straight victories, Harrison has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Bullock Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Farwell with a sharp 18-3 win on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Lancers with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Harrison came up short against Ogemaw Heights on Wednesday, falling 13-4.
Harrison saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nyxon Rhodes, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. Those hits were Rhodes' first of the season.
Bullock Creek pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Harrison, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Bullock Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Harrison in their previous meeting back in May of 2015, sneaking past 9-8. Do the Lancers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hornets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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