The South Summit Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Union Cougars at 3:30 p.m. South Summit will be strutting in after a win while Union will be coming in after a loss.
South Summit stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Ben Lomond a 16-0 shutout. The high-scoring effort was just what South Summit needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Adri Fitzgerald and Toshlyn Louder made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Fitzgerald didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Louder pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At bat, Fitzgerald went 2-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles, while Louder scored a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Mariah Bowen was a standout: she got on base in three of her five plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Malia Olson, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Union fell victim to Grantsville and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They suffered a rough 26-0 defeat at the hands of the Cowboys. Considering the last time Union couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
South Summit pushed their record up to 12-6 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Union, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-11.
South Summit couldn't quite finish off Union in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 and fell 6-4. Can South Summit avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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