A feisty cat fight will be fought as Crete Cardinals challenge Fremont Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Crete will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Crete barely beat Raymond Central the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Crete blew past Raymond Central 14-4 on Thursday. Considering the Cardinals have won four games by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Everett Heath and Brooks Piening did most of the damage at the plate: Heath got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one home run, four RBI, and two runs, while Piening scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Those two runs gave Heath a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Wendt, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Fremont was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss dating back to last season. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 9-8 heartbreaker at the hands of Lincoln North Star.
Fremont's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Crete, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
Crete might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Fremont when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Can Crete avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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