The Tri-City Tornadoes are taking a road trip to square off against the Hartsburg-Emden Stags at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tri-City has five straight wins, Hartsburg-Emden has 14 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Tri-City gave up the first runs on Wednesday, but they didn't let that get them down. They won by a run and slipped past Pana 7-6. That's two games straight that the Tornadoes have won by just one run.
Meanwhile, Hartsburg-Emden fell victim to Delavan and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 16-0 to the Panthers.
Tri-City pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Hartsburg-Emden, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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