The Highlands Golden Rams will venture away from home to take on the Burrell Bucs at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The last four games Highlands has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Highlands is headed into the matchup having just suffered their closest defeat since April 8th on Monday. They fell just short of Apollo Ridge by a score of 4-2.
Highlands saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Cale, who went 1-for-2 with one run.
Meanwhile, Burrell sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over Leechburg on Tuesday.
Burrell is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Highlands, they dropped their record down to 5-14 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Highlands couldn't quite finish off Burrell when the teams last played back in May of 2025 and fell 2-0. Can the Golden Rams avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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