The Oconto Falls Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Wrightstown Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Oconto Falls has three straight victories, Wrightstown has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Oconto Falls' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Waupaca 2-0.
Miranda Metzler was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Metzler was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a stolen base.
Metzler wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Josie Holtz, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Wrightstown came up short against Freedom on Monday and fell 7-2.
Oconto Falls' victory bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Wrightstown, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Oconto Falls came out on top in a nail-biter against Wrightstown in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, sneaking past 7-6. Will Oconto Falls repeat their success, or does Wrightstown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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