The Pewamo-Westphalia Pirates will head out to challenge the Saranac Redhawks at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pewamo-Westphalia is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
Pewamo-Westphalia fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against West Catholic on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 7-2 to the Falcons. Having soared to a lofty 22 runs in the game before, the Pirates couldn't push the score so high this time.
Alex Drysdale
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Alex Drysdale was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He also tossed a walk, which is notable because Pewamo-Westphalia is 2-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 5-8 otherwise. Drysdale was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
Drysdale wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nolan George, who went 1-for-4 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Saranac was not the first on the board on Thursday, but they got there more often. They walked away with a 9-6 win over Perry. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Redhawks.
The victory got Saranac back to even at 5-5. As for Pewamo-Westphalia, their record now sits at 7-9.
Pewamo-Westphalia was able to grind out a solid win over Saranac when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 4-1. Will the Pirates repeat their success, or do the Redhawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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