The Esko Eskomos will challenge the Proctor Rails at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Esko sitting on five straight wins and Proctor on nine (dating back to last season).
If Esko beats Proctor with 11 runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Eskomos didn't even let Mora on the board on Thursday, marking the Eskomos' second-straight 11-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Eskomos, who have now won five games by nine runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Proctor was not the first on the board on Tuesday, but they got there more often. They came out on top against Hermantown by a score of 5-2. The five-run effort marked the Rails' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Proctor's victory was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average this season. As for Esko, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Esko was able to grind out a solid win over Proctor when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 7-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eskomos since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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