Prairie Ridge is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Huntley is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Prairie Ridge Wolves will take on the Huntley Red Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Prairie Ridge: 1.6, Huntley: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Prairie Ridge will make a triumphant return home after picking up their first road victory of the season at Hampshire expense on Thursday. Prairie Ridge fell just short of Hampshire by a score of 7-6.
Meanwhile, Huntley put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Jacobs 15-2. That's two games straight that Huntley has won by exactly 13 runs.
Makayla Rasumussen looked comfortable as she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Isabella Boskey was a standout: she went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Alyssa Bonner, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Prairie Ridge's defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 17-2. As for Huntley, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Prairie Ridge skirted past Huntley 1-0 in their previous matchup on April 8th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Huntley's Gretchen Huber, who struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Prairie Ridge still be able to contain Huber? There's only one way to find out.
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