The Smithville Smithies will head out on the road to challenge the Independence Blue Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Smithville will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Smithville is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Rittman on Wednesday as Smithville made off with a 13-6 victory.
Meanwhile, Independence put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Monday. They blew past Fairview 20-3. The win was nothing new for Independence as they're now sitting on three straight.
Smithville's victory ended a 13-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-12. As for Independence, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
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