The Nestucca Bobcats will venture away from home to challenge the Kennedy Trojans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Nestucca has given up an average of 9.9 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Nestucca came up short against Brookings-Harbor on Friday, falling 16-3. The Bobcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Kennedy strolled into their game on Wednesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Clatskanie a 3-0 shutout. The three-run effort marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Kennedy's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-0. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games. As for Nestucca, they now have a losing record of 3-4.
Everything went Nestucca's way against Kennedy when the teams last played back in April of 2018, as Nestucca made off with a 9-0 win. Do the Bobcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Trojans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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