Badger is 1-9 against Bristol since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Badger Braves will head out on the road to face off against the Bristol Panthers at 4:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Badger is is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game dating back to last season on Tuesday. They fell just short of Chalker by a score of 14-13. One positive for Badger, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Badger got a big performance out of Jared Schmidt, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three RBI and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Lewis Flowers, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Bristol had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They blew past the Bombers 10-2. Considering Bristol has won three games by more than seven runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Bristol got a big performance out of Kaiden Kohler, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI. Another player making a difference was Jonas Miller, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2.
Badger's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Bristol, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Badger suffered a grim 14-1 defeat to Bristol in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Badger avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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