The Prairie Farm Panthers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Flambeau Falcons at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Prairie Farm's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Thursday. They put the hurt on New Auburn with a sharp 10-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Prairie Farm.
Blake Carlson made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Carlson was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Carlson wasn't the only one making solid contact as ten players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Spencer Wold, who went 2-for-2 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. Clay Miller was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Flambeau came tearing into Thursday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged Winter/Birchwood out 8-7.
The team relied heavily on Aiden Bates, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Prairie Farm's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Flambeau, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
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