Hammond Morton is 5-0 against Lake Station Edison since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Hammond Morton Governors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lake Station Edison Fighting Eagles at 5:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Hammond Morton finally turned things around against Griffith on Wednesday. Hammond Morton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over Griffith.
Niko Rodriguez made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over six innings pitched. Rodriguez was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Rodriguez wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Billy Vukobratovich, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lake Station Edison had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Warriors 4-3.
The team relied heavily on Jimmy Hastings, who went 3-for-3 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Willie Banks, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
The win got Hammond Morton back to even at 6-6. As for Lake Station Edison, their victory ended a nine-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-6.
Everything went Hammond Morton's way against Lake Station Edison when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Hammond Morton made off with a 15-5 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Lake Station Edison's Michael Brown, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run, two stolen bases, and four RBI. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for Hammond Morton to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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