Buchholz has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Bloomingdale Bulls at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Buchholz is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Hagerty onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. That's two games straight that Buchholz has won by just one run.
Buchholz saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kai So, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Bloomingdale had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past the Gryphons 3-2.
Hayden Porter tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Buchholz's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-8. As for Bloomingdale, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-10 record this season.
Buchholz's speedy runners might be the difference in Thursday's contest. Buchholz has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for Bloomingdale, though, as they've been averaging only 0.8. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Buchholz continue to outrun the ball? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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