The Howland Tigers will head out on the road to take on the South Range Raiders at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Howland: 3.6, South Range: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Howland is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Cardinal Mooney just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Cardinals by a score of 7-6.
Meanwhile, South Range came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Bulldogs 3-2.
Howland dropped their record down to 12-9 with that loss, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for South Range, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.
Howland came out on top in a nail-biter against South Range in their previous meeting back in April of 2016, sneaking past 9-7. Will Howland repeat their success, or does South Range have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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