The Fremont Packers will head out on the road to face off against the Fruitport Trojans at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.
On Tuesday, Fremont came up short against Whitehall and fell 9-4. The loss continues a trend for the Packers in their meetings with the Vikings: they've now lost five in a row.
Fremont saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trent Gibbie, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double. That double was Gibbie's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Fruitport had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. They never let the Panthers get on the board and left with a 15-0 win. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by eight runs or more this season.
Fruitport pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.6 runs over those games. As for Fremont, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-10.
Fremont suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Fruitport in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Can the Packers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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