Fremont and Prairie Heights are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Fremont Eagles will be playing at home against the Prairie Heights Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fremont has three straight victories, Prairie Heights has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Fremont's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past West Noble 6-0.
Prairie Heights lost 10-1 to DeKalb on Wednesday.
Matt Roberts made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last five games he's played.
Even though they lost, Prairie Heights didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. This was only their 13th loss (out of 16 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Fremont has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-10 record this season. As for Prairie Heights, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-17.
Fremont beat Prairie Heights 13-8 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Fremont repeat their success, or does Prairie Heights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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