The Bloomington North Cougars are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game of the season: they will face off against the Lawrence North Wildcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bloomington North has three straight wins, Lawrence North has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Bloomington North lost a heartbreaker the last time they played Columbus North, but it's fair to say they got their revenge given the result of Thursday's match. The Cougars' pitchers stepped up to hand the Bull Dogs a 10-0 shutout on Thursday. Fans of the Cougars have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Chris Barnett was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 4-for-4. Those four stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Zach Sipes, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Bloomington North always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .536. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .519 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Lawrence North came up short against Tri-West Hendricks on Friday, falling 10-3.
Lawrence North saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Herendeen, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Bloomington North pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they've averaged 17.3 runs this season. As for Lawrence North, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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