Evansville Reitz is 1-9 against Castle since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Evansville Reitz Panthers will take on the Castle Knights at 7:00 p.m. After the pair made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Tuesday.
Evansville Reitz is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Evansville Central as Evansville Reitz made off with an 11-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Evansville Reitz.
Natalie Dillman looked comfortable as she tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Kinley Miller was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Alli Bishop, who went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Castle stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard last Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Madisonville-North Hopkins a 7-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Castle as they're now sitting on nine straight.
Castle also got a great performance from Giovanna (Gigi) Lynch as she didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Lynch has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Sadie Winsett was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Emma Bruggenschmidt, who scored two runs while going 4-for-5.
Evansville Reitz has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-11 record this season. As for Castle, their victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 25-5.
Evansville Reitz came up short against Castle in their previous meeting back in April, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Winsett, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). Now that Evansville Reitz 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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