Game Preview - @ Princeton, Thurs 7/5 7:30pm

The St. Croix River Bandits (4-10, 6-14) are coming off of a win last Saturday, and hope to continue their winning ways Thursday night against a tough Princeton Panthers team (12-3, 15-4). The Panthers outscored the Bandits in their first outing earlier this year 10-7 in a game that was sloppily played by both teams, combining for eight errors. However, the Panthers were also without their star middle infielder, Jesse Zimmer, who leads the Eastern Minny League with 9 home runs and 22 RBI. Zimmer's closest competitor in the home run race is also his teammate, Tony Stay (4 HR). Princeton's team batting average is .285. If the Bandits want to win, they better be ready to swing the bats.

The Bandits plan to throw recent Amery graduate Brandon Pederson, who made his first pitching performance earlier this year versus Mora. Pederson threw 8 innings in relief and gave up only 2 earned runs while striking out 7.