Ferndale has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Eureka Loggers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Ferndale: 3.7, Eureka: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Ferndale's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They walked away with a 3-0 win over St. Bernard's. That's two games straight that Ferndale has won by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, Eureka entered their tilt with South Fork with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They put the hurt on the Cubs with a sharp 10-1 victory on Tuesday. Considering Eureka has won five games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Ty Crawford was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Michael Jewell, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Ferndale pushed their record up to 16-1-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Eureka, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
Ferndale came up short against Eureka in their previous meeting back in May of 2019, falling 3-0. Can Ferndale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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