Blue Ridge is 5-0 against Cerro Gordo/Bement since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Blue Ridge Knights have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Cerro Gordo/Bement Broncos at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Blue Ridge is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Decatur Eisenhower a 36-0 shutout on Saturday. With that win, Blue Ridge brought their scoring average up to 7.1 runs per game.
Ellie Schlieper and Lily Enger were a major factor no matter where they played. On the mound, Schlieper tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Enger pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At the plate, Schlieper got on base in all five of her plate appearances with seven RBI, two runs, and a stolen base, while Enger went 5-for-5 with a home run, eight RBI, and four runs.
In other batting news, Blue Ridge got a massive performance out of Addison Roos, who scored five runs and stole five bases while getting on base in five of her six plate appearances. Roos is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen two or more in the last five games she's played. Carsyn Stiger was another key contributor, scoring five runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cerro Gordo/Bement had just enough and edged Tri-County [Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland] out 8-7 on Saturday.
Vannah Throneburg tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits.
At the plate, Reese Peters and Jillian Durbin did most of the damage at the plate: Peters scored two runs while going 3-for-3, while Durbin scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Sierra Personette, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI.
Blue Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 6-11. As for Cerro Gordo/Bement, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-9-1.
Blue Ridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Cerro Gordo/Bement when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 6-4. Does Blue Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cerro Gordo/Bement turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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