The Springfield Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Girard Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Springfield is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Lowellville on Wednesday as they made off with a 13-3 win. The Tigers haven't had any issues with the Rockets recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Girard had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Raiders an 8-0 shutout. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Camron Herrick made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Those 13 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Will Hynes was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Girard's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Girard was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .407 or higher in three consecutive games.
Girard pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Springfield, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Springfield suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Girard when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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