Centralia is 1-9 against Marion since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Orphans will welcome the Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Centralia 1.6, Marion 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Wednesday, Centralia needed a bit of extra time to put away Mt. Vernon. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Rams 2-1. The Orphans haven't had any issues with the Rams recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Marion had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They were the clear victors by a 7-1 margin over the Spartans. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Centralia pushed their record up to 16-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Marion, their victory bumped their record up to 19-6.
Centralia might still be hurting after the 9-2 loss they got from Marion when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Orphans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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