After two games on the road, Storm Lake is heading back home. They will take on the Perry Bluejays at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Storm Lake stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Sioux City West as Storm Lake made off with a 10-2 victory.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Perry had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They never let the Monarchs onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Perry.
The result came thanks to Maci Tunink's shutout, as she gave up just one hit and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, Kalley Whelchel was excellent, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddy Hollingsworth, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Storm Lake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season. As for Perry, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-18.
Storm Lake beat Perry 5-2 in their previous matchup back in July of 2023. Will Storm Lake repeat their success, or does Perry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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