After losing to East Dubuque the last time they met, Galena decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Galena Pirates had just enough and edged the East Dubuque Warriors out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Galena.
Ava Hahn spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up 15 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 17 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Addison Zmich was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
On East Dubuque's side, they also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and she was also dialed-in: Curin Oberman gave up three earned runs on four hits and racked up 13 Ks.
At the plate, East Dubuque saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Heitkamp, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Galena has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for East Dubuque, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-3.
Galena will have a chance to go back-to-back against East Dubuque: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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