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| 04/25/24 - Away | 10-2 W |
| 04/27/23 - Home | 6-0 W |
| 04/12/22 - Away | 8-3 W |
| 04/13/21 - Home | 11-1 W |
| 04/30/19 - Neutral | 5-1 W |
Coldwater has gone a perfect 5-0 against Marion Local recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Cavaliers will challenge the Flyers at 5:00 p.m. Coldwater is coming into the game hot, having won their last 14 games.
Coldwater had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the nine-run drubbing they dealt Parkway on Tuesday. The Cavaliers put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 9-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Cavaliers, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Marion Local's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They came up short against St. Henry, falling 14-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Flyers have suffered since April 6, 2024.
Ethan Heitkamp and Griffin Bruns stepped up to the plate in a big way. Heitkamp went 2-for-4 with one home run and two runs, while Bruns went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and two runs. Bruns has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played. Hayden Poeppelman also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Coldwater pushed their record up to 14-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Marion Local, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 8-3.
Everything went Coldwater's way against Marion Local in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Coldwater made off with a 10-2 win. Will the Cavaliers repeat their success, or do the Flyers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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