The Jackson Center Tigers will venture away from home to take on the Marion Local Flyers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Jackson Center had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 11-run drubbing they dealt Fairlawn on Monday. The Tigers were the clear victors by a 15-4 margin over the Jets. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won three contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Marion Local came out on top against New Bremen on Thursday thanks in part to the team's impressive four-run fifth inning. The Flyers never let the Cardinals get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory.
Jackson Center is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.5 runs over those games. As for Marion Local, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 6-8.
Jackson Center suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Marion Local when the teams last played back in April of 2022. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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