The Manitowoc Lincoln Ships will head out on the road to take on the De Pere Redbirds at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Manitowoc Lincoln: 2.7, De Pere: 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Manitowoc Lincoln is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Bay Port just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Pirates by a score of 2-0. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Manitowoc Lincoln's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, De Pere faced Kimberly in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. De Pere beat Kimberly by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for De Pere.
Manitowoc Lincoln's loss ended a 13-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 17-2. As for De Pere, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-3.
Manitowoc Lincoln came up short against De Pere in their previous matchup back in April, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of De Pere's Easton Arendt, who tossed 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Now that Manitowoc Lincoln knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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