The Slinger Owls will take on the Homestead Highlanders at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Slinger has four straight wins, Homestead has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Slinger and West Bend East, and Slinger kept the tradition alive. The Owls walked away with a 5-1 victory over the Suns on Monday. The five-run effort marked the Owls' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Will Baumhardt
| 04/21/25 vs West Bend East | 7 |
| 04/27/24 @ Kewaskum | 6 |
| 04/14/25 @ Port Washington | 5 |
| 05/25/24 @ Kimberly | 3 |
| 05/15/24 @ West Bend West | 3 |
Slinger got a great performance from Will Baumhardt as he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Those seven strikeouts gave Baumhardt a new career-high.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Payton Tennies, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Tuesday as neither Homestead nor Hartford made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Highlanders lost 7-0 to the Orioles.
Slinger pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Homestead, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Homestead's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Slinger hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .373. It's a different story for Homestead, though, as they've only averaged .145. Will they be able to contain Slinger's hitters?
Slinger beat Homestead 4-0 when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Do the Owls have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Highlanders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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