The Austin Eagles will challenge the Brownstown Central Braves at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Austin is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
Brownstown Central's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Austin had not allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Austin had just enough and edged Salem out 1-0.
Meanwhile, Brownstown Central got the win against Borden on Saturday by a conclusive 12-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Brownstown Central.
Grant Killey made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing five innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. Killey was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Brownstown Central got a big performance out of Keaton Burcham-Jones, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Ethan Garland, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Austin has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a massive bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Brownstown Central, their win bumped their record up to 14-11.
Austin might still be hurting after the 12-3 loss they got from Brownstown Central in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brownstown Central's Trent Lowery, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Now that Austin knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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