A feisty cat fight will be fought as Hope Bobcats face off against Bismarck Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hope is looking for their season's first victory.
Hope lost 11-1 to Genoa Central on Tuesday. The contest marked the Bobcats' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Hope saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Johnson, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI. Cayden Haywood also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, Bismarck got themselves on the board against Magnet Cove on Monday, but Magnet Cove never followed suit. They put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 11-0 win. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by eight runs or more this season.
Bismarck's victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Hope, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
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