Northwestern is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Mapleton an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Saturday. The Northwestern Huskies will be playing at home against the Mapleton Mounties at 10:30 a.m. Neither Northwestern nor Mapleton posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Northwestern fell victim to Hillsdale and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 1-0.
Grady Ellerbrock spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits.
At the plate, Northwestern saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Sigler, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Mapleton lost 9-1 to Orrville on Friday.
Mapleton's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Northwestern, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
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