The Brownstown Central Braves will square off against the Austin Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Brownstown Central will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Brownstown Central will head into Saturday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the six-run they dealt Borden on Saturday. Brownstown Central blew past Borden 12-6.
Grant Killey was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched five innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. Killey was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Brownstown Central got a big performance out of Keaton Burcham-Jones, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Ethan Garland was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Austin came tearing into Friday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Lions a 1-0 shutout. Austin's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three matchups.
Brownstown Central's win bumped their record up to 14-11. As for Austin, they pushed their record up to 15-6 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Everything went Brownstown Central's way against Austin in their previous meeting back in April as Brownstown Central made off with a 12-3 win. Does Brownstown Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Austin turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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