Alliance hasn't had much luck against North Platte recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Alliance Bulldogs will face off against the North Platte Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Alliance is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 16 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Scottsbluff on Tuesday. They fell 7-2 to the Bearcats.
Regan Cornish put in work while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off six hits. Cornish was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two doubles.
Cornish wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Benzel, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI. Another player making a difference was Kaiya Hudson, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, North Platte was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They fell just short of Gering by a score of 9-8.
Alliance's defeat dropped their record down to 6-18. As for North Platte, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
Alliance might still be hurting after the 12-0 defeat they got from North Platte when the teams last played back in September of 2022. Can Alliance avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
