Deer Creek-Mackinaw is 2-8 against Eureka since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Chiefs are taking a road trip to take on the Hornets at 4:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, Deer Creek-Mackinaw needed a bit of extra time to put away El Paso-Gridley. They won by a run and slipped past the Titans 6-5. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Lucas Holly looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He is becoming a predictor of Deer Creek-Mackinaw's success: when he allows at most two earned runs the team is 3-1 (and 1-4 when he doesn't).
Shane Correll
| 04/10/25 vs El Paso-Gridley | 3 |
| 04/10/24 @ El Paso-Gridley | 2 |
| 03/15/24 vs Illini Central | 2 |
| 04/18/24 vs Tri-Valley | 1 |
| 04/17/24 vs Lexington | 1 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Shane Correll, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one double. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Tug Lester was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Eureka entered their tilt with Delavan on Tuesday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 5-2.
Eureka's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Deer Creek-Mackinaw, their record now sits at 4-5.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to Eureka when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Chiefs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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