Manawa is 0-4 against Amherst since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Manawa Wolves are on the road again to play the Amherst Falcons at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Manawa is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 20-1 margin over Menominee Indian on Tuesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Manawa considering their two-run performance the game before.
Meanwhile, Amherst had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Chargers out 4-3.
Marcus Kennedy made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Kennedy was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Kennedy wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Aj Obrien, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Manawa's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-12. As for Amherst, their record now sits at 11-9.
Manawa might still be hurting after the 11-5 loss they got from Amherst in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Amherst's Elijah Bohm, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that Manawa knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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