The Cascade Kodiaks will head out on the road to face off against the Waterville Shockers at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cascade has given up an average of 17.4 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Cascade lost 14-4 to Chelan on Tuesday. The Kodiaks haven't had much luck with the Mountain Goats recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Waterville had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They were the clear victors by an 18-5 margin over the Hornets. Considering the Shockers have won seven matches by more than nine runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Waterville's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 20.2 runs over those games. As for Cascade, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Cascade suffered a grim 16-6 defeat to Waterville when the teams last played back in March. Can the Kodiaks avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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