The Eastern Comets will venture away from home to face off against the Manchester Squires at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Manchester took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Eastern, who comes in off a win.
Eastern is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest win since April 11th on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Delphi Community, sneaking past 4-3.
Meanwhile, Manchester unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They came up short against Northwestern, falling 12-2.
Manchester saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dallas Martin, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one RBI. Harper Sturtsman was another, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.
Eastern's victory bumped their record up to 13-6. As for Manchester, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 7-6.
Everything went Eastern's way against Manchester in their previous matchup back in May of 2025, as Eastern made off with a 20-6 win. Do the Comets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Squires turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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