After four games on the road, McLean County is heading back home. They will take on the Greenwood Gators at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (McLean County: 3.8, Greenwood: 1.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Thursday, it was a hard-fought match, but McLean County had to settle for a 5-3 defeat against Apollo.
McLean County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Layden Bozarth, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. Bozarth has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in five consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Greenwood came tearing into Tuesday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Dragons by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 15-0.
McLean County's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-8. As for Greenwood, they pushed their record up to 18-2 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
McLean County might still be hurting after the 11-0 defeat they got from Greenwood in their previous meeting back in April of 2018. Will McLean County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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