Baseball Game Preview: Eastern Greene Thunderbirds vs. Mitchell Bluejackets

Thunderbirds

Runs

04/15/25 vs South Knox	10
04/12/25 @ Linton-Stockton	9
04/11/25 vs Wood Memorial	12
04/09/25 vs Brown County	11

Eastern Greene is 1-8 against Mitchell since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Thunderbirds will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bluejackets at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Greene is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.5 runs per game this season.

Eastern Greene took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand South Knox a 10-0 shutout. The Thunderbirds might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by eight runs or more this season.

Meanwhile, Mitchell lost 9-3 to Corydon Central on Tuesday. The loss continues a trend for the Bluejackets in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost three in a row.

Mitchell saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryker Moore, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.

Eastern Greene's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-1. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Mitchell, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.

Eastern Greene might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Mitchell in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Will the Thunderbirds have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.