Long Reach and Atholton are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Long Reach Lightning will head out on the road to challenge the Atholton Raiders at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Long Reach's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against River Hill on Monday. They fell just short of the Hawks by a score of 1-0. The game marked the first time this year in which Long Reach was not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Atholton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. Their rough 10-0 loss to River Hill might stick with them for a while.
This is the second loss in a row for Long Reach and nudges their season record down to 6-4. As for Atholton, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12.
Long Reach took their victory against Atholton in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 17-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Long Reach since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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