Whitefish Bay is 8-2 against Nicolet since May of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Whitefish Bay Blue Dukes will head out on the road to face off against the Nicolet Knights at 5:00 p.m. Nicolet took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Whitefish Bay, who comes in off a win.
On Monday, Whitefish Bay narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Homestead 5-4.
The team relied heavily on Ben Van Bell, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with a home run and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of JD Dix, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after a string of 14 wins, Nicolet's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell 5-2 to Slinger.
Ben Ott was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Ott was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Ott wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Konczal, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Even though they lost, Nicolet didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Slinger only tossed four.
Whitefish Bay pushed their record up to 12-7 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Nicolet, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-5.
Whitefish Bay came up short against Nicolet in their previous meeting back in April, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nicolet's Jack Stuck, who tossed 5.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Now that Whitefish Bay knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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