The Fennimore Golden Eagles will challenge the Prairie du Chien Blackhawks at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither Fennimore nor Prairie du Chien posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Fennimore blew Mineral Point out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Monday Mineral Point got their revenge. The Golden Eagles fell just short of the Pointers by a score of 4-2. The matchup marked the Golden Eagles' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Thursday as neither Prairie du Chien nor Richland Center made it on the board until the seventh inning. The Blackhawks won by a run and slipped past the Hornets 2-1. The Blackhawks haven't had any issues with the Hornets recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
Claire Kennedy spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered a run (which was unearned) on four hits and racked up 13 Ks. Those 13 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for her.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Irelynd Cejka, who went 1-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run. That stolen base marked the first that she has snagged this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Fennimore and nudges their season record down to 8-3. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only two runs. As for Prairie du Chien, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
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