The Murphysboro Red Devils will head out to face off against the Harrisburg Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Murphysboro came into their game on Wednesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Pinckneyville, falling 6-0.
Meanwhile, Harrisburg fell victim to Carterville and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 6-0 to the Lions. The Bulldogs have struggled against the Lions recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost meeting.
Murphysboro's loss dropped their record down to 5-14. As for Harrisburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-5.
Murphysboro couldn't quite get it done against Harrisburg when the teams last played last Monday as they fell 7-4. Can the Red Devils avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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