The Trico Pioneers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Waterloo Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Trico: 3.2, Waterloo: 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Trico is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Vienna just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Waterloo's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Triad.
Waterloo saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam Juelfs, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Mallory Thompson was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Waterloo hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. This was only their first loss (out of six games) when they post two or more strikeouts.
Trico's defeat dropped their record down to 13-4. As for Waterloo, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-5.
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