Evansville Reitz is 2-8 against Evansville Mater Dei since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Evansville Reitz Panthers will be playing at home against the Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. Evansville Reitz is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
On Saturday, it was close, but Evansville Reitz sidestepped Vincennes Lincoln for a 3-1 win.
Natalie Dillman looked comfortable as she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ava Leeds was incredible, scoring a run and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Evansville Mater Dei was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 9-4 to Evansville North.
Katelyn Goebel made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Chelsea Merkley, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI.
Evansville Reitz is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for Evansville Mater Dei, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Evansville Reitz hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Evansville Mater Dei struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Evansville Reitz came up short against Evansville Mater Dei when the teams last played on April 3rd, falling 7-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Evansville Mater Dei's Alessia Baumann, who tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Evansville Reitz knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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