The Evergreen Vikings will challenge the Elmwood Royals at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Evergreen is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They never let Colonel Crawford get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Vikings sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Marion Local typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday Elmwood proved too difficult a challenge. They blew past the Flyers 8-0. The win was familiar territory for the Royals, who have now won four contests in a row.
Marion Local's batters probably weren't too happy with Landon Snow, who pitched a no hitter and racked up ten Ks (he gave up seven walks).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Colton Bradford, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. That's the most hits he has posted since back in May. The team also got some help courtesy of Zackery Gross, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.
Elmwood's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-8. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Evergreen, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.
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