The Pearl City Wolves will be playing at home against the Lena-Winslow Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Pearl City's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last four contests.
Pearl City is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Orangeville/Aquin Catholic a 19-0 shutout on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Parker Allen made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Allen was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Myles Freedlund was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Brandon Hillie was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Lena-Winslow had just enough and edged Dakota out 1-0 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lena-Winslow.
The result came thanks to Maverick Cass's shutout, as he gave up just two hits.
Pearl City's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-12. As for Lena-Winslow, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Friday as neither team is afraid to steal. Pearl City has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Lena-Winslow struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.6. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Pearl City couldn't quite finish off Lena-Winslow in their previous matchup back in April and fell 9-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lena-Winslow's Luke Madigan, who struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up four earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Pearl City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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