Gallatin is 1-7 against Great Falls since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Gallatin Raptors will head out on the road to face off against the Great Falls Bison at 3:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Gallatin is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Billings West, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Gallatin was ranked tenth). Gallatin fell just short of Billings West by a score of 5-4 on Saturday.
Gallatin saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Olivia Klemann, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Klemann has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Kelly Coon, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Great Falls was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 8-2 to Billings Senior.
Gallatin's loss dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Great Falls, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11.
Great Falls' pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Gallatin has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 10.7 hits per game. It's a different story for Great Falls, though, as they've been averaging 12.6. Given Gallatin's sizable advantage in that area, Great Falls will need to find a way to close that gap.
Gallatin was able to grind out a solid win over Great Falls in their previous meeting back in April, winning 14-9. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Great Falls' Aletta Hagen, who went 1-for-1 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Gallatin still be able to contain Hagen? There's only one way to find out.
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