The Maple River Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the St. Clair Cyclones at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Maple River has five straight wins, St. Clair has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Maple River's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva.
The result came thanks to Kash Wede's shutout, as he gave up just five hits and racked up 13 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single earned run in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Gavin Halvorson, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, two stolen bases, and two runs. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April. Another player making a difference was Caleb Thompson, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, St. Clair came up short against Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton on Friday, falling 13-2.
Maple River's win bumped their record up to 10-5. As for St. Clair, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Maple River couldn't quite finish off St. Clair in their previous meeting back in April of 2017 and fell 4-2. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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