The Genoa-Kingston Cogs will square off against the Byron Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Genoa-Kingston will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Stillman Valley, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Cogs came out on top against the Cardinals on Thursday by a score of 5-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Meanwhile, Byron had already won 18 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.9 runs) and they went ahead and made it 19 on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Dukes & Duchesses an 11-0 shutout. Considering the Tigers have won 16 matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Byron's win was their tenth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-4. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Genoa-Kingston, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-15 record this season.
Genoa-Kingston suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Byron in their previous matchup back in April. Will the Cogs 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.
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