The Castle Knights will square off against the Terre Haute North Vigo Patriots at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Castle's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-0 win over Southridge. The Knights haven't had any issues with the Raiders recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Terre Haute North Vigo strolled into their game on Tuesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They put the hurt on Sullivan with a sharp 15-3 win. That's two games straight that the Patriots have won by exactly 12 runs.
Jacob Norton looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run any time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Briar Goda, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Millington, who scored three runs while going 3-for-5.
Terre Haute North Vigo pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they've averaged 10.0 runs this season. As for Castle, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Castle came out on top in a nail-biter against Terre Haute North Vigo when the teams last played back in May of 2015, sneaking past 9-7. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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