Kankakee Valley is 2-8 against Munster since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Kankakee Valley Kougars will head out on the road to square off against the Munster Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Wednesday, it was a hard-fought match, but Kankakee Valley had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Hobart. Kankakee Valley has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Sara Erb was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Erb, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, after constant struggles on the road, Munster has finally found some success away from home. They fell just short of Illiana Christian by a score of 4-3 on Thursday. Munster has struggled against Illiana Christian recently, as their matchup on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Kylie Madura made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Munster didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 15 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Kankakee Valley's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-6. As for Munster, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. Kankakee Valley hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Munster struggles in that department as they've been averaging 1. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Kankakee Valley might still be hurting after the 12-1 loss they got from Munster when the teams last played on April 8th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Munster's Kaylee O'Connell, who tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that Kankakee Valley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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