After four games on the road, Ashland-Greenwood is heading back home. They will welcome the Nebraska City Pioneers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have allowed few runs on average, (Ashland-Greenwood: 3.7, Nebraska City: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Saturday, Ashland-Greenwood made easy work of Platteview and carried off an 11-3 win. Considering the Bluejays have won ten contests by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Evie Hofmeister looked comfortable as she struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ellie Milburn, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Gracie Hofmeister, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ashland-Greenwood hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Platteview struck out ten times.
Meanwhile, Nebraska City unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Saturday. They lost 16-3 to Beatrice. The Pioneers haven't had much luck with the Orangemen recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Ashland-Greenwood's victory bumped their record up to 14-9. As for Nebraska City, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-4.
Everything went Ashland-Greenwood's way against Nebraska City in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as Ashland-Greenwood made off with a 14-0 win. Will Ashland-Greenwood repeat their success, or does Nebraska City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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