For the second straight game, North Bend will face off against Marshfield. The Bulldogs will square off against the Pirates at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. North Bend's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Marshfield's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
North Bend is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Marshfield just ended the team's nine-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Pirates by a score of 5-3. Bulldogs fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Pirates since on Tuesday.
Marshfield has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.4 runs over those games. As for North Bend, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 10-3.
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