New Palestine has gone a perfect 4-0 against Greenwood recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Dragons will challenge the Woodmen at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (New Palestine has three straight wins, Greenwood has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
New Palestine is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They blew past Beech Grove 13-1. Considering the Dragons have won 15 matches by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Sadey Hughbanks
| 05/26/25 vs Beech Grove | 12 |
| 04/18/25 vs Carmel | 11 |
| 04/11/25 @ Plainfield | 11 |
| 04/03/25 vs Triton Central | 10 |
| 04/02/25 @ Eastern Hancock | 9 |
New Palestine got a great performance from Sadey Hughbanks as she struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Those 12 strikeouts gave Hughbanks a new career-high.
At the plate, Katie Hirschy was incredible, going 4-for-5 with one home run, three runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Payton Dye, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, and one double.
New Palestine was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .425. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Greenwood's offense. They came up short against Plainfield on Wednesday, falling 13-0.
New Palestine's record now sits at 23-4. As for Greenwood, their loss dropped their record down to 6-20.
New Palestine came out on top in a nail-biter against Greenwood in their previous matchup back in May of 2018, sneaking past 9-8. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Dragons since the team 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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