Northwestern is 1-9 against North East since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Northwestern Wildcats will look to defend their home field against the North East Grape Pickers at 4:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Northwestern is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Harbor Creek on Monday. They lost 13-2 to the Huskies.
Northwestern saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garrett Eddy, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, North East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 12-2 to Fairview.
Northwestern's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. As for North East, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
Northwestern came up short against North East in their previous matchup back in April, falling 6-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North East's Joel Shreve, who pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Northwestern knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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