The St. Croix Falls Saints are taking a road trip to square off against the Spooner Rails at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Croix Falls is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
The home team had come away the winner the last four times St. Croix Falls and Hayward had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Saints fell just short of the Hurricanes by a score of 5-3 on Friday. The Saints haven't had much luck with the Hurricanes recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Catherine Williams was cooking despite her team's loss, going 3-for-4 with one triple and one run.
Meanwhile, Spooner had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Golden Bears.
Spooner's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for St. Croix Falls, their loss dropped their record down to 13-10-1.
St. Croix Falls suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Spooner when the teams last played back in April. Can the Saints avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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