The Green Bay Southwest Fighting Trojans will take on the Freedom Irish at 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
Green Bay Southwest couldn't beat Bay Port on Thursday even though they stacked four runs on them in the first inning. The Fighting Trojans fell just short of the Pirates by a score of 5-4. The Fighting Trojans have struggled against the Pirates recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.
Kolton Dudek made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double. That double was his first of the season. Daniel Cutlan was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Freedom came tearing into Thursday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Comets. That's two games straight that the Irish have won by just one run.
Freedom pushed their record up to 4-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Green Bay Southwest, they now have a losing record of 4-5.
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