The Evansville Harrison Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Evansville Reitz Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Evansville Harrison is coming into the game on a five-game losing streak.
Last Saturday, Evansville Harrison came up short against Northeast Dubois and fell 6-2.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Evansville Reitz sidestepped Evansville Mater Dei for a 2-1 win.
Ty Wilzbacher spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up 11 Ks.
At the plate, Evansville Reitz saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Oliver Gates, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Evansville Harrison's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Evansville Reitz, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-12 record this season.
Evansville Harrison came out on top in a nail-biter against Evansville Reitz in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 7-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for Evansville Harrison 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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