The Buena Vista Bison will head out to face off against the Papillion-LaVista South Titans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Buena Vista has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight losses, while Papillion-LaVista South will come in with three straight victories.
Buena Vista came up short against Omaha South on Tuesday, falling 20-2.
Buena Vista saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anderson Craig, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Papillion-LaVista South faced Papillion-LaVista in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Titans came out on top against the Monarchs by a score of 7-3. That's two games straight that the Titans have won by exactly four runs.
Cameron Curtis tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Papillion-LaVista South got a big performance out of Donnie Rosenthal, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with three RBI, one triple, and one run. Those three RBI gave Rosenthal a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Jellen, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Papillion-LaVista South's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Buena Vista, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Buena Vista might still be hurting after the 15-0 loss they got from Papillion-LaVista South in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Bison avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
