The Buckeye Bucks will venture away from home to face off against the Lakewood Rangers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Buckeye will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Buckeye is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 14-3 margin over Valley Forge on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Lakewood had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over the Eagles. That's two games straight that the Rangers have won by exactly two runs.
Buckeye is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.1 runs over those games. As for Lakewood, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-4.
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