The Royal Oak Ravens will square off against the Norrix Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Royal Oak's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Thursday's struggle, when University of Detroit Jesuit hitters got past them. The Ravens came up short against the Cubs on Thursday, falling 11-2. That's two games in a row now that the Ravens have lost by exactly nine runs.
Royal Oak saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Payden Morrison, who went 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Norrix started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Mattawan. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats on Tuesday. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Sam Oberlee was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive appearances.
Royal Oak's defeat dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Norrix, their loss dropped their record down to 17-8.
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