The Episcopal Knights will head out to face off against the Dunham Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Episcopal has given up an average of 7 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Episcopal is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 20 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against University Lab on Tuesday. They lost 17-0 to the Cubs. The Knights have struggled against the Cubs recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, Dunham had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They never let the Buffaloes get on the board and left with a 17-0 victory. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Dunham's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-3. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Episcopal, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
Episcopal suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to Dunham in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can the Knights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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