Ithaca/Weston will face off against the Hillsboro Tigers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ithaca/Weston has five straight victories, Hillsboro has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Ithaca/Weston was able to grind out a solid win over Cashton, taking the game 5-2. That's two games straight that Ithaca/Weston has won by exactly three runs.
Cashton hit Hillsboro with a six-run seventh inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Tigers fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 10-9.
Elizabeth Cairns and Harper Sullivan stepped up to the plate in a big way. Cairns got on base in three of her four plate appearances with one triple, one stolen base, and one run, while Sullivan went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Michelle Hora, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Hillsboro's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Ithaca/Weston, their victory bumped their record up to 12-1.
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