Baseball Recap: Watertown Goslings vs. Monona Grove Silver Eagles
Watertown lost against Monona Grove back in May of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Watertown Goslings lost 11-4 to the Monona Grove Silver Eagles. Watertown has not had much luck with Monona Grove recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Ashton Johnson was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Watertown saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Calvin Hurtgen, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Jacob Hurtgen was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Watertown's loss dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Monona Grove, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Watertown will take on Monona Grove at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Monona Grove, they are on the road again on Wednesday to play Sun Prairie East at 5:00 p.m. Monona Grove's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Sun Prairie East's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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