The Belleville Wildcats will head out to take on the Edgewood Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Belleville turned things around against Wisconsin Heights on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over the Vanguards.
Meanwhile, Edgewood came tearing into Saturday's contest with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against the Hillmen. That's two games straight that the Crusaders have won by just one run.
Edgewood pushed their record up to 19-3-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Belleville, their win bumped their record up to 9-15.
Belleville suffered a grim 16-1 defeat to Edgewood when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Wildcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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