The Mineral Point Pointers will head out on the road to take on the New Glarus Glarner Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Mineral Point is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Fennimore just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Thursday. They lost 8-0 to the Golden Eagles.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask New Glarus). Everything went their way against Waterloo on Thursday as they made off with a 13-3 win. The victory continues a trend for the Glarner Knights in their matchups with the Pirates: they've now won six in a row.
New Glarus got a great performance from Patrick Alt as he didn't allow a single earned run over 5.2 innings pitched. Alt has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Nolan Julseth and Ethan Colstad did most of the damage at the plate: Julseth got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI, while Colstad went a perfect 3-for-3 with three stolen bases and two runs. Julseth is becoming a predictor of New Glarus' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 5-1 (and 5-6 when he doesn't). Cooper Olson also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
New Glarus always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .559. The last time their OBP was this high was was before the start of last season.
Mineral Point's defeat dropped their record down to 13-9. As for New Glarus, their record now sits at 10-7.
Mineral Point couldn't quite finish off New Glarus in their previous matchup on May 5th and fell 4-2. Can the Pointers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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