Fond du Lac is 1-9 against Kimberly since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Cardinals will welcome the Papermakers at 4:30 p.m. Fond du Lac's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Kimberly's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Fond du Lac will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Oshkosh West on Thursday. The Cardinals blew past the Wildcats 11-3.
Fond du Lac let Hudson Burg and Keyton Kilian run wild. Burg went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles, while Kilian went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Greyson Wenger was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run.
Fond du Lac hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Oshkosh West struck out eight times.
Meanwhile, Kimberly fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Monona Grove on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Silver Eagles by a score of 3-2. The game marked the Papermakers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Ben Johnston made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
With the loss, Kimberly broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-2-1. As for Fond du Lac, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-2.
Everything went Fond du Lac's way against Kimberly when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Fond du Lac made off with a 12-2 victory. Will the Cardinals repeat their success, or do the Papermakers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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