The Hardin Northern Polar Bears will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Lima Senior Spartans at 5:30 p.m. 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.
Hardin Northern is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Pandora-Gilboa just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 6-2 to the Rockets. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Hardin Northern has scored all season.
Landon Wetherill was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2. He hasn't dropped below two stolen bases for three straight games.
Meanwhile, Lima Senior was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 8-2 walloping at the hands of Van Buren. That's two games in a row now that Lima Senior has lost by exactly six runs.
Lima Senior saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Peyton Rader, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Hardin Northern's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-4. As for Lima Senior, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
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