The Beatrice Orangemen's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Freeman Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Beatrice's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Freeman's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Beatrice's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Tuesday, when they got past Nebraska City's usually-dominant pitching crew. Beatrice's pitchers stepped up to hand Nebraska City an 11-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Orangemen, who have now won seven matches by eight runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Freeman won against Falls City on Saturday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Freeman walked away with an 11-7 victory over Southern/Diller-Odell. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
Beatrice is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Freeman, their win bumped their record up to 11-8.
Everything went Beatrice's way against Freeman in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Beatrice made off with a 9-3 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Beatrice since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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