Baseball Preview: Whitefish Bay Blue Dukes vs. Cedarburg Bulldogs
Whitefish Bay is 9-1 against Cedarburg since June of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Whitefish Bay Blue Dukes will look to defend their home field against the Cedarburg Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Whitefish Bay's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Cedarburg has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Whitefish Bay will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by seven) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Grafton 5-3.
Alex Brodersen spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on seven hits. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Charlie McIntyre was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Harry Bortolotti was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cedarburg came up short against Hamilton on Saturday and fell 14-11.
Collin Ehlers made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 3-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Brezovar, who scored a run while going 1-for-5.
Whitefish Bay is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Cedarburg, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.
Everything went Whitefish Bay's way against Cedarburg in their previous meeting back in April as Whitefish Bay made off with a 10-1 win. Does Whitefish Bay have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cedarburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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