After two games on the road, Reeths-Puffer is heading back home. They will take on the Zeeland East Chix at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. The last three games Reeths-Puffer has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Reeths-Puffer will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Zeeland East, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Reeths-Puffer's pitchers stepped up to hand Zeeland East a 1-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Reeths-Puffer has won by just one run.
For Zeeland East's part, they got a good showing from Evan Ownes, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Ownes has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Zeeland East saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Quincy Thome, who went 3-for-4 with a stolen base.
Reeths-Puffer pushed their record up to 15-3 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Zeeland East, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 23-5.
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