The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes will head out on the road to challenge the Salem Wildcats at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Teutopolis stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past Flora 9-2. Winning may never get old, but Teutopolis sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Logan Lawson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Mitch Koester was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Conner Hoelscher was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Salem has not done well against Freeburg recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Salem had just enough and edged Freeburg out 6-4. That's two games straight that Salem has won by exactly two runs.
The team relied heavily on Kameron Wilkins, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Aden Bass, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Teutopolis is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Salem, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
Teutopolis was able to grind out a solid win over Salem when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 4-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Salem's Griffin Day, who tossed seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be that much easier for Teutopolis to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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