The Stow-Munroe Falls Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Jackson Polar Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither Stow-Munroe Falls nor Jackson posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Thursday as neither Stow-Munroe Falls nor Brecksville-Broadview Heights made it on the board until the sixth inning. The Bulldogs fell just short of the Bees by a score of 3-2. The Bulldogs' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Ben Bee was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Jacob Garcia was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with three stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Jackson had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.4 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They skirted past the Blue Streaks 2-0.
Jackson pushed their record up to 17-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Stow-Munroe Falls, they now have a losing record of 8-9.
Stow-Munroe Falls suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Jackson in their previous meeting back in April. Can the Bulldogs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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