After two games on the road, Hiawatha is heading back home. They will take on the South Beloit Sobos at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Thursday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Hiawatha had to settle for a 6-5 loss against Alden-Hebron.
Hiawatha saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Thomas Giebel, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Ty Marshall, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, South Beloit's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (15-1), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, they couldn't push the score so high this time.
Richard Carlson was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out nine batters over 4.1 innings while giving up three earned (and six unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk). Carlson has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Carlson was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Hiawatha's defeat was their tenth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-16. As for South Beloit, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-12.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Hiawatha has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.3 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like South Beloit struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Everything went Hiawatha's way against South Beloit when the teams last played back in March of 2018 as Hiawatha made off with an 11-0 victory. Will Hiawatha repeat their success, or does South Beloit have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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