The Mishawaka Marian Knights will head out on the road to square off against the New Prairie Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Mishawaka Marian's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Thursday, when they got past Edwardsburg's usually-dominant pitching crew. Mishawaka Marian blew past Edwardsburg 11-1.
Mike Przygoda was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched three innings while giving up no earned run off two hits. Przygoda was even better at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and two RBI.
In other pitching news, Paddy Keefer looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Evann Schmidtendorf, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, everything went New Prairie's way against Fairfield on Friday as New Prairie made off with a 12-6 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for New Prairie.
Colin Wind looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Reed Robinson, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Zak Henrich, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Mishawaka Marian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for New Prairie, their record now sits at 9-2.
Mishawaka Marian came out on top in a nail-biter against New Prairie in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, sneaking past 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mishawaka Marian since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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