Baseball Game Preview: DeForest on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 22, 2024, 2:32am

Baseball Preview: DeForest Norskies vs. Reedsburg Beavers

The DeForest Norskies will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Reedsburg Beavers at 5:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.

DeForest is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Madison La Follette with a sharp 12-1 victory on Saturday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded DeForest with their most commanding win of the season.

Connor Giese looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

On the hitting side, Tucker Grundahl was a standout: he scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Carter Meyers, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.

Meanwhile, Reedsburg can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Friday. They blew past Mauston 12-2.

The win made it two in a row for DeForest and bumps their season record up to 9-17. As for Reedsburg, their victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-4.

DeForest suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Reedsburg in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can DeForest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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