The McCutcheon Mavericks will challenge the Western Boone Stars at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Thursday just wasn't the day for McCutcheon's offense. They fell just short of Carmel by a score of 2-0 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Mavericks have suffered since April 23rd.
Meanwhile, Western Boone never let their opponents score on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Crawfordsville as they made off with a 13-0 win. The match marked the Stars' most dominant victory of the season.
The team relied heavily on Quinn Westerfeld, who went 1-for-2 with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Western Boone is 4-1 when Westerfeld posts two or more runs, but 6-7 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Layton Yancey, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run.
Western Boone is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.8 runs over those games. As for McCutcheon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-9.
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