The Centerville Tigers will take on the Harleton Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Centerville 3.4, Harleton 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Centerville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Shelbyville 9-8. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Blake Boyd was excellent, going 3-for-5 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in May of 2025. The team also got some help courtesy of Gunner Bazar, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Centerville kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least ten hits in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Harleton duked it out with Alba-Golden on Saturday. The Wildcats put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 11-2 win. Considering the Wildcats have won 19 matchups by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Centerville's victory bumped their record up to 19-7-1. As for Harleton, their win bumped their record up to 25-8.
Centerville came out on top in a nail-biter against Harleton when the teams last played back in May of 2025, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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