The Deuel Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Sioux Valley Cossacks at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Deuel sitting on three straight wins and Sioux Valley on five.
Deuel will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Monday (they won by ten) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over Flandreau.
Meanwhile, Sioux Valley put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Colman-Egan 13-5.
Zaylee Lantgen was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching five innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Lantgen has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season. Lantgen was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Abby Axtell was incredible, going 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a double. Another player making a difference was Kassidy Smith, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Deuel pushed their record up to 5-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Sioux Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
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