The Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets will take on the Pewaukee Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Cedar Grove-Belgium: 3.9, Pewaukee: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cedar Grove-Belgium will head into Thursday's matchup having proved themselves against Sheboygan Area Lutheran: Cedar Grove-Belgium took a ten-run loss the last time they faced off against Sheboygan Area Lutheran, but they managed to turn things around on Thursday. Cedar Grove-Belgium narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Sheboygan Area Lutheran 4-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Cedar Grove-Belgium.
Brayden Oelhafen made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Oelhafen was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Oelhafen wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Carter Schmitz, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Pewaukee can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. They put the hurt on Howards Grove with a sharp 16-1 win. While fans of Pewaukee might be used to big wins, the 15-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Cedar Grove-Belgium has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Pewaukee, their victory bumped their record up to 17-2.
Cedar Grove-Belgium might still be hurting after the 13-3 defeat they got from Pewaukee when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Cedar Grove-Belgium avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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