Birch Run is 0-10 against Garber since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Birch Run Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Garber Dukes at 4:00 p.m. Birch Run will be strutting in after a win while Garber will be coming in after a defeat.
Birch Run took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Ovid-Elsie.
Meanwhile, Garber was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Ogemaw Heights by a score of 5-3. That's two games in a row now that Garber has lost by exactly two runs.
Ava Wagner made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Birch Run's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-5. As for Garber, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-4.
Birch Run might still be hurting after the 13-4 loss they got from Garber in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Birch Run, Alexis Linton (who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off ten hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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