Schaeffer Academy is on a three-game streak of home losses, Mabel-Canton a six-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The Schaeffer Academy Lions will take on the Mabel-Canton Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Schaeffer Academy lost 11-1 to Southland on Friday.
Meanwhile, Mabel-Canton fell victim to Lyle/Pacelli and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Athletics.
Mabel-Canton saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cayden Tollefsrud, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a double. Tollefsrud has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Schaeffer Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Mabel-Canton, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Schaeffer Academy suffered a grim 18-0 defeat to Mabel-Canton in their previous meeting on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mabel-Canton's Isaac Underbakke, who struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Schaeffer Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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