The Stewartville Tigers are taking a road trip to challenge the Cannon Falls Bombers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Stewartville 0.9, Cannon Falls 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Stewartville's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Lourdes as they made off with an 8-0 victory. The Tigers haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Cannon Falls had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Tigers, sneaking past 8-6. That's two games straight that the Bombers have won by exactly two runs.
Cannon Falls pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.8 runs over those games. As for Stewartville, their victory bumped their record up to 5-3.
Stewartville skirted past Cannon Falls 1-0 when the teams last played back in May of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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