The Dodgeville Dodgers will square off against the New Glarus Glarner Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Dodgeville's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so New Glarus' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Saturday just wasn't the day for Dodgeville's offense. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Portage on Saturday. The Dodgers' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Dodgeville got a good showing from Boone Rickard, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. That's the fewest hits Rickard has allowed since back in April.
At the plate, Dodgeville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joey Honerbaum, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
New Glarus couldn't beat Lancaster on Friday even though they stacked six runs on them in the sixth inning. The Glarner Knights fell just short of the Flying Arrows by a score of 10-9.
Brock Roth and Nolan Julseth were huge no matter where they played even without the win. Throwing, Roth pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Meanwhile, Julseth struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and six unearned) runs off eight hits (and only one walk). Roth has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run in four consecutive appearances. At bat, Roth went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI, while Julseth went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.
In other batting news, Ethan Colstad was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Roth, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
New Glarus' defeat dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Dodgeville, their loss dropped their record down to 15-4.
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