The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds will head out on the road to challenge the Orleans Bulldogs at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Eastern Greene is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
Eastern Greene's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Wednesday's struggle, when Bloomington North hitters got past them. The Thunderbirds lost 14-3 to the Cougars on Wednesday. The Thunderbirds haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Eastern Greene saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jason Koontz, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Orleans was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 8-5 to Barr-Reeve, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Orleans' defeat dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Eastern Greene, their loss dropped their record down to 15-4.
Eastern Greene was able to grind out a solid win over Orleans in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, winning 10-5. Do the Thunderbirds have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bulldogs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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