The Greenwood Wildcats will head out to square off against the Midd-West Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
As a matter of fact, Greenwood put up the most runs they have all season on Friday. They blew past East Juniata 13-6. The Wildcats not only won on Friday, but they posted their biggest win since April 19, 2024 (when they won 22-1).
Makenzie Devore spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and five unearned) runs on four hits.
Nicole Herr
| 05/02/25 vs East Juniata | 3 |
| 04/22/25 @ Upper Dauphin Area | 1 |
| 04/08/25 @ Fairfield | 1 |
| 03/31/25 vs Halifax | 1 |
On the hitting side, Greenwood let Jayden Brosius and Nicole Herr run wild. Brosius went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one run, while Herr went 2-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Those three runs gave Herr a new career-high. Kamryn Walton was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Greenwood kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Midd-West had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Green Dragons an 18-0 shutout. The Mustangs' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three games.
Midd-West pushed their record up to 8-5 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Greenwood, their victory ended an 11-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-12.
Greenwood suffered a grim 15-1 defeat to Midd-West when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can the Wildcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
