A feisty cat fight will be fought as South Summit Wildcats challenge Union Cougars at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. South Summit has given up an average of 6.6 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
South Summit is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Grantsville just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost 15-8 to the Cowboys. The game snapped a strange streak: the last three times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Brinley Stapleton was cooking despite her team's loss, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with one double and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Malia Olson, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Union got themselves on the board against Ben Lomond on Friday, but Ben Lomond never followed suit. They blew past the Scots 19-0. Considering the Cougars have won six games by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Union has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. South Summit's loss dropped their record down to 9-7.
South Summit came out on top in a nail-biter against Union when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 9-7. Will South Summit repeat their success, or does Union has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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