The Bloomington Bruins will venture away from home to take on the Summit SkyHawks at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. 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.
Bloomington fell victim to Citrus Valley and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They came up short against the Blackhawks, falling 14-0. The Bruins have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Summit had already won 17 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.9 runs) and they went ahead and made it 18 on Friday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Titans.
Summit pushed their record up to 21-3 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.6 runs on average over those games. As for Bloomington, their loss dropped their record down to 8-14.
Bloomington suffered a grim 13-1 defeat to Summit in their previous matchup on April 2nd. Can the Bruins avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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