St. Elizabeth hasn't had much luck against Linn recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The St. Elizabeth Hornets will head out to challenge the Linn Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. St. Elizabeth is coming into the contest hot, having won their last nine games.
St. Elizabeth will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 15) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Silex out 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Hornets have posted since September 13th.
Linn never got on the board in their matchup on Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Pacific last Monday. They never let the Indians onto the board and left with a 15-0 victory. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
Kenzy Hackmann was incredible, going 3-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Hackmann, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Linn always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .679. The last time their OBP was this high was back in September of 2023.
St. Elizabeth pushed their record up to 19-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Linn, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-3 record this season.
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