The McKinley Bulldogs will challenge the Northwest Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither McKinley nor Northwest posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
McKinley fell victim to Hoover and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Vikings. The Bulldogs have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, Northwest didn't have quite enough to beat Canton South on Wednesday and fell 3-1. The match marked the Indians' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Northwest saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josh Smith, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI. That stolen base was Smith's first of the season.
Northwest's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 3-3. As for McKinley, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-4.
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