Softball Preview: Mishicot Indians vs. New Holstein Huskies
The Mishicot Indians have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the New Holstein Huskies at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Mishicot: 0.8, New Holstein: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mishicot stacked a 20th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Brillion a 10-0 shutout.
Kiran Sanford made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Sanford has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Sanford was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
In other batting news, Mishicot got a massive performance out of Karsyn Krause, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Kaelin Adair, who went 1-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, New Holstein narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Valders 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for New Holstein.
Like Mishicot, New Holstein also got a great game from a two-way player: Natalie Ziebell. On the mound, she struck out 13 batters over nine innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). Ziebell was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Ziebell wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Makayla Meyer, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Mishicot's win was their 24th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 25-0. As for New Holstein, they have been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season.
Mishicot skirted past New Holstein 7-5 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was New Holstein's Jenna Karls, who tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that she won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Mishicot to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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