The Iowa City Little Hawks will take on the Prairie Hawks on Thursday. Iowa City will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Iowa City is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Waukee 5-3.
Meanwhile, Prairie faced Johnston in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Hawks' pitchers stepped up to hand the Dragons a 6-0 shutout. Considering the Hawks have won ten games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Prairie is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Iowa City, their victory bumped their record up to 43-11.
Iowa City suffered a grim 10-4 defeat to Prairie in their previous matchup back in June of 2019. Can the Little Hawks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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