The MACCRAY Wolverines will venture away from home to challenge the Yellow Medicine East Sting at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when MACCRAY and Minneota meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Thursday. The Wolverines fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 6-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Wolverines have suffered since April 8th.
Peyton Schlagel made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI, one run, and one double. Keegan Rand was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one double.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Yellow Medicine East's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They lost 6-0 to Dawson-Boyd. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Sting's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Yellow Medicine East's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 8-4. As for MACCRAY, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
MACCRAY might still be hurting after the 12-4 defeat they got from Yellow Medicine East in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Can the Wolverines avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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