The South Fork Cubs will venture away from home to take on the St. Bernard's Crusaders at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
While South Fork didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Hoopa Valley with a sharp 7-1 victory on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cubs.
Meanwhile, St. Bernard's had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They blew past the Wildcats 12-2.
St. Bernard's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-5. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for South Fork, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
South Fork couldn't quite get it done against St. Bernard's when the teams last played back in April of 2024 as they fell 16-11. Can the Cubs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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