Waterloo is 0-3 against Edgewood since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Waterloo Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Edgewood Crusaders at 11:00 a.m. Waterloo is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
Waterloo is is headed into Saturday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They fell just short of New Glarus by a score of 7-6.
Keegan Lauersdorf was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Mason Reedy, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Waterloo hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That's the fewest strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Edgewood had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They beat the Eagles by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2.
Waterloo's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-6. As for Edgewood, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-4.
Waterloo might still be hurting after the 7-0 defeat they got from Edgewood when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Waterloo avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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