The Evergreen Park Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Evergreen Park beats Thornton Fractional South with six runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Evergreen Park narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Shepard 6-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for Evergreen Park.
Michael Rodriguez tossed a big game, striking out six batters over six innings while giving up four earned runs off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Luke Medina and Tyler Kummer did most of the damage at the plate: Medina scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Kummer scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Caleb Keyser, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Thornton Fractional South gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Bremen as Thornton Fractional South made off with a 12-2 victory. Winning may never get old, but Thornton Fractional South sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Evergreen Park has been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-9 record this season. As for Thornton Fractional South, their win bumped their record up to 20-12.
Evergreen Park skirted past Thornton Fractional South 6-4 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Does Evergreen Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Thornton Fractional South turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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