The Hillsboro Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Ithaca Bulldogs at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Hillsboro is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.4 runs per game this season.
Hillsboro easily dispatched Boscobel on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Tigers fell just short of Wonewoc-Center by a score of 10-8 on Thursday.
Michelyn Hansen was cooking despite her team's loss, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Michelle Hora, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, one triple, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Ithaca came tearing into Friday's contest with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.9 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Falcons by a score of 7-3.
Ithaca pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.3 runs over those games. As for Hillsboro, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.
Hillsboro beat Ithaca 6-1 in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bulldogs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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