North Johnston has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Princeton Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
North Johnston will head into Tuesday's game on the come-up: they were handed a two-run loss in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against Eastern Wayne on Tuesday. North Johnston never let Eastern Wayne onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. The high-scoring effort was just what North Johnston needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Meanwhile, Princeton entered their tilt with Beddingfield with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Everything went their way against the Bruins on Tuesday as they made off with an 11-1 victory.
Princeton let Sam Lopez and Branson Flynn loose on the outfield. Lopez scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4, while Flynn scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Lopez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Noah Holloman was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
North Johnston has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Princeton, they pushed their record up to 15-5 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
North Johnston came up short against Princeton when the teams last played back in April, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Princeton's Marty Holland, who struck out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Now that North Johnston knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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