Pine Island is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Kenyon-Wanamingo is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Pine Island Panthers will take on the Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Pine Island will be strutting in after a victory while Kenyon-Wanamingo will be coming in after a loss.
On Thursday, everything went Pine Island's way against Hayfield as Pine Island made off with a 9-2 win.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Kenyon-Wanamingo's offense. They fell just short of United South Central by a score of 1-0 on Thursday.
Josie Flom spent all nine innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on one hit and racked up nine Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
Pine Island has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-8 record this season. As for Kenyon-Wanamingo, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
Pine Island took their victory against Kenyon-Wanamingo in their previous meeting back in April of 2019 by a conclusive 15-4. Will Pine Island repeat their success, or does Kenyon-Wanamingo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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