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| 05/20/24 - Away | 7-8 L |
| 04/22/24 - Away | 5-0 W |
| 04/20/24 - Home | 7-8 L |
| 04/26/23 - Home | 3-1 W |
| 04/06/23 - Away | 9-3 W |
| + 3 more games |
Black River and Columbia are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2021, but likely not for long. The Pirates will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Raiders at 5:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Black River will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Friday, then bounced right back against Oberlin on Wednesday. The Pirates blew past the Phoenix 14-4. The Pirates haven't had any issues with the Phoenix recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
Black River got a big performance out of Josh Stuart, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Those hits marked the first that Stuart got this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Dozier Hendershot, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-2.
Black River was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .382. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, while Columbia put up some runs on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Clearview. The Raiders put the hurt on the Clippers with a sharp 7-0 win.
Logan Menge made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over seven innings pitched. Menge was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
Menge wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Carter Duley, who went 2-for-4 with one RBI.
Columbia now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Black River, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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