The Ottawa Cyclones will square off against the Santa Fe Trail Chargers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
On Monday, Ottawa didn't have quite enough to beat Basehor-Linwood and fell 3-2.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe Trail came up short against Burlington on Tuesday, falling 8-2. The Chargers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Rigley Sleichter made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Alex Strother was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Ottawa's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-8. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only three runs. As for Santa Fe Trail, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
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