The Hermantown Hawks will venture away from home to face off against the Cloquet Lumberjacks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Hermantown 3, Cloquet 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
While Hermantown didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-9-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Proctor a 10-0 shutout on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Hawks, who have now won three games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Cloquet came tearing into Wednesday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Wolverines. The two-run effort marked the Lumberjacks' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The win was also the fourth in a row for Hermantown, bringing their record up to 4-1. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.5 runs over those games. As for Cloquet, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
Hermantown came up short against Cloquet when the teams last played back in April of 2024, falling 7-2. Can the Hawks avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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