The Nebraska City Pioneers will square off against the Gross Catholic Cougars on Thursday. Nebraska City's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Gross Catholic's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Nebraska City's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Tuesday's struggle, when Beatrice hitters got past them. Nebraska City lost 11-0 to Beatrice on Tuesday. The Pioneers haven't had much luck with the Orangemen recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Gross Catholic won against South Sioux City on Monday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Monday. Gross Catholic's pitchers stepped up to hand South Sioux City a 10-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Nebraska City's loss dropped their record down to 13-3. As for Gross Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 7-12.
Everything went Nebraska City's way against Gross Catholic in their previous matchup back in August as Nebraska City made off with a 15-1 victory. Will Nebraska City repeat their success, or does Gross Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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