The Prairie Central Hawks will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Maroa-Forsyth Trojans at 11:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Prairie Central took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Fieldcrest a 4-0 shutout.
Prairie Central saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Skala, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Maroa-Forsyth gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They blew past Argenta-Oreana 13-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Maroa-Forsyth.
Connor Kelly and Kaiden Maurer made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Kelly pitched 3.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Meanwhile, Maurer pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Kelly scored three runs while going 1-for-2, while Maurer scored three runs while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Mitch Williams, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Andy Munjoy, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI.
Prairie Central's victory bumped their record up to 6-19. As for Maroa-Forsyth, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which somehow isn't as good as their 20-4 record this season.
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