Fans were treated to a battle of the Bulldogs on Monday. Highland skirted past Waterloo 4-3. That's more bragging rights for Highland, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Chase Knebel
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Chase Knebel spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on eight hits and racked up ten Ks. He has become a key player for Highland: the team is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 5-6 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Highland saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garrin Stone, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one run and one double.
Highland has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Waterloo, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-7.
Highland will have a chance to go back-to-back against Waterloo: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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