Plant and Bloomingdale are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The Plant Panthers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Bloomingdale Bulls at 7:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Plant: 3.1, Bloomingdale: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Plant is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Alonso just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 7-3 to the Ravens.
Meanwhile, Bloomingdale stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Newsome a 7-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for Bloomingdale who now have four in a row.
Connor Caryer looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Cooper Hinson, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Plant's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-6. As for Bloomingdale, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-6 record this season.
Plant took their win against Bloomingdale in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 11-5. Will Plant repeat their success, or does Bloomingdale have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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