The Prairie Ridge Wolves will challenge the Hampshire Whip-Purs at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Hampshire will take on a team with plenty of momentum: Prairie Ridge extended their winning streak to five on Monday. The Wolves came out on top against Crystal Lake South by a score of 12-9. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Meanwhile, Hampshire fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against McHenry on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 11-10. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Whip-Purs, who until this contest were averaging 2.82 runs allowed.
Anthony Karbowski put in work no matter where he played. He struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. That's the fewest earned runs he has allowed over his last three matchups. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-5 with one home run and three RBI.
Karbowski wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Calen Scheider, who scored three runs while going 2-for-5.
Hampshire's loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-3. As for Prairie Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 12-3-1.
Prairie Ridge couldn't quite finish off Hampshire in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 and fell 5-3. Can the Wolves avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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