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| 04/11/24 - Away | 14-4 W |
| 03/07/24 - Away | 14-0 W |
| 04/07/23 - Away | 7-1 W |
Elgin has gone a perfect 3-0 against Shawnee recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. Elgin will host Shawnee at 4:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Elgin has three straight wins, Shawnee has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Elgin beats Shawnee with 15 runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Elgin blew past Santa Fe South 15-2 on Tuesday. The Owls might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by seven runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Tres Lorah, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Grady Thomas, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Elgin always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .559. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .548 or higher in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Shawnee's offense. They lost 12-0 to Coweta on Tuesday.
Elgin's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 9.8 runs. As for Shawnee, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Everything went Elgin's way against Shawnee in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Elgin made off with a 14-4 win. Will Elgin repeat their success, or does Shawnee has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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