The Northland Pines Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Lakeland Thunderbirds at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Northland Pines is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Mosinee on Tuesday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Indians. The Eagles' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Jonah Will was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run.
The home team had come away the winner the last four times Lakeland and Antigo had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Thunderbirds fell 6-3 to the Red Robins on Monday. The defeat continues a trend for the Thunderbirds in their meetings with the Red Robins: they've now lost four in a row.
Lakeland's loss dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Northland Pines, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
Northland Pines couldn't quite get it done against Lakeland when the teams last played back in April as they fell 4-1. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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