The Northwest Mustangs will square off against the Lincoln Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northwest has eight straight victories, Lincoln has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lincoln's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Monday: Northwest hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. The Mustangs didn't even let Otterville on the board on Monday, marking the Mustangs' second-straight 4-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Lincoln didn't have quite enough to beat Cole Camp on Monday and fell 5-4.
Northwest pushed their record up to 12-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Lincoln, they now have a losing record of 10-11.
Northwest came out on top in a nail-biter against Lincoln in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Mustangs repeat their success, or do the Cardinals have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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