The Seymour Thunder will square off against the New London Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Seymour has six straight victories, New London has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Thursday, Seymour got the win against Menasha by a conclusive 15-2. The Thunder might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by six runs or more this season.
Cayden Staffeldt was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Thompson, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with three runs and one stolen base.
Seymour always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .526. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Menasha only posted an OBP of .333.
Meanwhile, New London didn't have quite enough to beat Menasha on Monday and fell 6-5.
Seymour's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for New London, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Seymour beat New London 7-2 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Will the Thunder repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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