Boone Grove is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while South Central is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Boone Grove Wolves will take on the South Central Satellites at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Boone Grove is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Morgan Township with a sharp 24-15 win on Monday. Considering Boone Grove has won four games by more than eight runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Boone Grove got a massive performance out of Emily Veschak, who scored four runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Mercedes Szakacs, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 5-for-5.
Meanwhile, South Central owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Saturday. They skirted past Tippecanoe Valley 1-0.
Kendall Rosenbaum was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Boone Grove has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for South Central, their victory bumped their record up to 12-1.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Boone Grove hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like South Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Boone Grove took their win against South Central in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 7-1. Does Boone Grove have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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