The Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs will be playing at home against the Whitehall Norse at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Melrose-Mindoro has five straight victories, Whitehall has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Melrose-Mindoro's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past Eleva-Strum 1-0. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Melrose-Mindoro has scored all year.
Not much got past Emma Severson, who gave up just four hits and racked up six Ks to keep Eleva-Strum off the board. Severson has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Melrose-Mindoro's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Isabella Rozek, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Whitehall lost 11-1 to Eleva-Strum on Thursday.
Melrose-Mindoro is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Whitehall, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-10.
Melrose-Mindoro took their win against Whitehall in their previous matchup last Monday by a conclusive 14-7. Does Melrose-Mindoro have another victory up their sleeve, or will Whitehall turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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