Red Bud is 0-7 against Waterloo since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Red Bud Musketeers will head out on the road to face off against the Waterloo Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. Red Bud is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Waterloo is hoping to do on Friday what Sparta couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Red Bud's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Red Bud's pitcher stepped up to hand Sparta a 6-0 shutout.
Derrick Whelan made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over seven innings pitched. Whelan was also solid in the batter's box, going 4-for-5 with an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Dylan Minemann, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Ty Carter was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Waterloo's offense. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of DuQuoin on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Waterloo's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Red Bud is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9-1 record this season. As for Waterloo, they dropped their record down to 11-10 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
Red Bud might still be hurting after the 12-0 defeat they got from Waterloo when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Can Red Bud avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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