Lincoln Park is 2-7 against Carlson since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lincoln Park Railsplitters will be playing in front of their home fans against the Carlson Marauders at 4:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Lincoln Park's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Roosevelt on Wednesday. They fell 4-0 to the Bears. Lincoln Park has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Carlson lost 9-1 to Roosevelt on Monday.
Carlson saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jon Cifaldi, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI. Cifaldi has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive pitching appearances.
Lincoln Park's loss dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Carlson, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-15 record this season.
Lincoln Park might still be hurting after the 12-1 defeat they got from Carlson in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carlson's Kyle Salisbury, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Now that Lincoln Park knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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