The North Branch Vikings will head out on the road to take on the Princeton Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but North Branch had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Cloquet. North Branch has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Princeton had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Fighting Saints and snuck past 3-2.
Will Peterson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits.
On the hitting side, Princeton's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lane Olson, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
North Branch's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Princeton, their win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
North Branch skirted past Princeton 3-2 when the teams last played last Tuesday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Princeton's Nolan Peters, who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will North Branch still be able to contain Peters? There's only one way to find out.
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