Portage is 0-5 against Andrean since May of 2016 but things could change on Thursday. The Indians will square off against the Fighting 59ers at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Portage 4.1, Andrean 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Portage's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Wednesday's struggle, when Crown Point hitters got past them. The Indians lost 14-1 to the Bulldogs on Wednesday. The Indians have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Portage saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyle Ketchum, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Andrean had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They blew past the Trojans 10-2. Considering the Fighting 59ers have won 11 matches by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Andrean's win bumped their record up to 13-1. As for Portage, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5-1.
Portage suffered a grim 14-1 defeat to Andrean in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Indians avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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