The St. Paul Wildcats are on the road again on Thursday to play the Centennial Broncos. St. Paul is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
St. Paul is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Ord with a sharp 27-3 win on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Charlee Wegner was a major factor no matter where she played. She pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Wegner was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with two RBI.
In other batting news, St. Paul got a massive performance out of Alli Dugan, who scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Dugan is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Ella Petersen, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Paul always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .714. The last time their OBP was this high was back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Centennial sidestepped Wilber-Clatonia for a 5-4 win.
The team relied heavily on Anna Warm, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Saige Scheele, who went 1-for-2 with a home run.
St. Paul's record is now 4-5. As for Centennial, their record is now 3-12.
Centennial's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. St. Paul has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Centennial, though, as they've been averaging only 3.1. Will St. Paul keep running through batters, or will Centennial buck the trend?
Everything went St. Paul's way against Centennial in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as St. Paul made off with an 11-3 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Paul since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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