The Junction City Dragons will challenge the Haynesville Golden Tornado at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Junction City will be strutting in after a victory while Haynesville will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with six losses in a row, Junction City turned things around against Poyen on Tuesday. They walked away with a 6-2 win over the Indians.
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The team relied heavily on Cade Hightower, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Joe Thompson, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Haynesville's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell 5-2 to Simsboro.
Hunter LeBlanc was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. What's more, he gave up only one walk, the fewest he's had since back in February. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games he's played.
LeBlanc wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Miller Toney, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Haynesville's defeat dropped their record down to 9-5-1. As for Junction City, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 4-8.
Junction City might still be hurting after the 7-1 loss they got from Haynesville in their previous meeting last Tuesday. Will the Dragons have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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