The Nekoosa Papermakers will head out on the road to face off against the Amherst Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Nekoosa has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Amherst will come in with five straight wins.
Nekoosa's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Wautoma on Monday. They lost 9-0 to the Hornets.
Meanwhile, while Amherst put up some runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Manawa. Everything went Amherst's way against Manawa as Amherst made off with a 10-0 victory.
Sully Perkins made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Perkins was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Aj Obrien was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Noah Spoelstra was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Nekoosa's loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Amherst, they pushed their record up to 12-9 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Nekoosa might still be hurting after the 12-2 defeat they got from Amherst when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Nekoosa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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