The Montevideo Thunderhawks will head out on the road to face off against the Redwood Valley Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Montevideo stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Benson with a sharp 10-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Montevideo.
Gannon Reidinger made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 16 over six innings pitched. Reidinger has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Reidinger was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Reidinger wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Landon Olson, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Redwood Valley earned a 5-1 win over Windom on Monday.
Montevideo pushed their record up to 9-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Redwood Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Montevideo came out on top in a nail-biter against Redwood Valley when the teams last played back in May of 2017, sneaking past 12-11. The rematch might be a little tougher for Montevideo since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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