The Hermon Hawks will take on the Nokomis Warriors on Saturday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hermon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Belfast onto the board and left with a 4-0 win.
The result came thanks to Braelynn Wilcox's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up 11 Ks.
On the hitting side, Hermon's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Addy Waning, who went 1-for-2 with a triple.
Meanwhile, Nokomis had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Mariners with a sharp 12-2 win. Considering Nokomis has won eight matchups by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Hermon is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Nokomis, their victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-1.
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