Forbes Road is 2-8 against McConnellsburg since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. Forbes Road will host McConnellsburg at 4:30 p.m. Neither Forbes Road nor McConnellsburg posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Forbes Road is headed into Thursday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 13th straight game dating back to last season on Thursday. They lost 11-0 to Southern Huntingdon County.
Meanwhile, McConnellsburg didn't have quite enough to beat Mount Union on Tuesday and fell 2-1. The game marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
McConnellsburg saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hoyt Glenn, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Glenn is becoming a predictor of the Spartans' success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 2-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
Forbes Road's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for McConnellsburg, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Forbes Road suffered a grim 16-3 defeat to McConnellsburg when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can Forbes Road avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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