Redbirds
| 05/23/25 vs Notre Dame Academy | 8-3 |
| 05/22/25 @ Manitowoc Lincoln | 5-0 |
| 05/19/25 @ Sheboygan South | 10-0 |
| 05/17/25 @ Stevens Point | 12-6 |
| 05/17/25 @ Stevens Point | 11-1 |
De Pere extended their winning streak to five on Friday, bumping their season record up to 19-3 in the process. They came out on top against the Notre Dame Academy Tritons by a score of 8-3. This was a revenge game for the Redbirds: when they faced off against the Tritons on May 6th, they had to take a 7-3 loss.
De Pere got a great performance from Cullen Pennings as he struck out eight batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Those eight strikeouts gave Pennings a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Ryan Wettstein was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted over his last 11 matchups. The team also got some help courtesy of Max Cavanaugh, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
De Pere was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Notre Dame Academy only posted a batting average of .192.
As for Notre Dame Academy, they dropped their record down to 13-11 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 2.2 runs.
On Notre Dame Academy's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ty Bumgardner, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run and one RBI.
Coming up, De Pere will head out on the road to square off against Menasha at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Notre Dame Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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