Cedarburg is 2-8 against Nicolet since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Cedarburg Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Nicolet Knights at 4:45 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cedarburg will bounce into Wednesday's match after beating Whitefish Bay, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Everything went Cedarburg's way against Whitefish Bay on Monday as Cedarburg made off with a 9-1 win.
Elliot Wells spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Collin Ehlers, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Nicolet entered their tilt with Grafton with 11 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 12. They put the hurt on the Black Hawks with a sharp 8-1 victory on Monday. Nicolet might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six contests by seven runs or more this season.
Nicolet also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and he was also dialed-in: Jack Stuck gave up only one earned run on two hits and racked up seven Ks. Stuck has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jon Merk was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ben Ott, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3.
Cedarburg's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-11. As for Nicolet, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
Cedarburg suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Nicolet in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stuck, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits (and only one walk). Now that Cedarburg knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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