After three games on the road, Kimberly is heading back home. They will take on the Hortonville Polar Bears at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Kimberly's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Oshkosh North as Kimberly made off with a 9-0 win.
Meanwhile, Hortonville waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by an 11-0 margin over the Wildcats.
Hortonville got a great performance from Taiven Gass as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. Gass has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Bo Anderson was a standout: he scored two runs while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Zander Locy, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Kimberly pushed their record up to 20-3 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Hortonville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season.
Kimberly beat Hortonville 9-5 when the teams last played back in April. Does Kimberly have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hortonville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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