The Waynedale Golden Bears will square off against the Cardinal Mooney Cardinals at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Waynedale is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Wickliffe a 13-0 shutout. Give the Golden Bears' pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Mooney put their dominant pitcher on display in the team's third consecutive shutout on Friday. They put the hurt on Keystone with a sharp 9-0 victory.
Ford Stacy made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, one triple, and one run.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Andrew Bushey, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Ryan Reese, who went 3-for-4 with three runs and one RBI.
Cardinal Mooney was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .424. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in five consecutive games.
Cardinal Mooney is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Waynedale, their victory bumped their record up to 25-3.
Waynedale couldn't quite finish off Cardinal Mooney when the teams last played back in April of 2022 and fell 11-9. Can the Golden Bears avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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