The Verona Wildcats will stay at home for another game and welcome the Middleton Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, Verona got the win against Sun Prairie West by a conclusive 10-1. That's two games straight that Verona has won by exactly nine runs.
Meanwhile, Middleton had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Purgolders a 15-0 shutout. With that win, Middleton brought their scoring average up to 6.6 runs per game.
Hailey Stroede and Grace O'Connor did most of the damage at the plate: Stroede scored three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances, while O'Connor scored a run while going 2-for-3. Mckenzie Pertzborn was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Verona's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Middleton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Verona suffered a grim 12-5 defeat to Middleton when the teams last played last Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Middleton's Megan Button, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off ten hits. Now that Verona knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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