The Homestead Highlanders will head out to face off against the Oconomowoc Raccoons at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Homestead will be strutting in after a win while Oconomowoc will be coming in after a defeat.
While Homestead's victory against Port Washington wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Highlanders sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over the Pirates on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Highlanders have posted since April 9, 2024.
Homestead let Emmy Sehnert and Lizzy Willis run wild. Sehnert went 2-for-4 with one home run, while Willis went 1-for-2 with one home run and two RBI. That home run marked the first that Sehnert has launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Claire Gilbertson, who went 3-for-4 with one run.
They weren't the only ones working in the home run department: Homestead lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Oconomowoc entered their game against Mukwonago on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Raccoons fell 5-2 to the Indians. Having soared to a lofty 18 runs in the game before, the Raccoons couldn't push the score so high this time.
Kelsey Yambor put in work no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). Yambor was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one triple and one RBI.
Oconomowoc suffered their first home loss, dropping their record down to 4-3. As for Homestead, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-6.
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