The Bangor Vikings will square off against the New Buffalo Bison at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Bangor has given up an average of 8.9 runs per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Gobles hit Bangor with a 11-run fifth inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Vikings lost 13-1 to the Tigers. The Vikings' defeat continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.
Bangor saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Terrance Payn, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
17 must be New Buffalo's lucky number: they beat Our Lady of the Lake Catholic with that score not once but twice on Tuesday. The Bison beat the Lakers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 17-8. The result was nothing new for the Bison, who have now won nine games by seven runs or more so far this season.
The win made it two in a row for New Buffalo and bumps their season record up to 10-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for Bangor, their loss dropped their record down to 12-14.
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