The Northeast Hurricanes will be playing in front of their home fans against the South Plantation Paladins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northeast has five straight victories, South Plantation has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Northeast put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Monday. They never let Stranahan onto the board and left with a 13-0 win.
The team relied heavily on Jordan Stevens, who went 1-for-1 with a triple and two RBI. Kye Jones was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with a triple.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, South Plantation were a bit more limited in their matchup on Wednesday. Their rough 9-1 loss to Monarch might stick with them for a while.
South Plantation saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Thomas, who went 3-for-3 with a double.
Northeast's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.5 runs per game. As for South Plantation, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
South Plantation's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Northeast hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .500. It's a different story for South Plantation, though, as they've only averaged .250. Will they be able to contain Northeast's hitters?
Northeast suffered a grim 14-5 defeat to South Plantation when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Northeast avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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