The Southland Rebels are on the road again on Thursday to play the Spring Grove Lions at 4:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Southland: 0.7, Spring Grove: 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Southland is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Grand Meadow/Kingsland/LeRoy-Ostrander (and have done all season long). Southland put the hurt on Grand Meadow/Kingsland/LeRoy-Ostrander with a sharp 17-1 win on Monday.
Meanwhile, Spring Grove came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They skirted past the Superlarks 5-3. That's two games straight that Spring Grove has won by exactly two runs.
Jaxon Strinmoen was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Strinmoen was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Ben Udstuen was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Southland's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Spring Grove, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Southland was able to grind out a solid victory over Spring Grove in their previous meeting back in April, winning 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southland since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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