The Weimar Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Ganado Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Ganado will take on a team with plenty of momentum: Weimar extended their winning streak to five on Friday. The Wildcats walked away with an 11-7 victory over Moulton.
Meanwhile, Ganado put their dominant pitcher on display in the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Friday. Everything went their way against Schulenburg as they made off with an 18-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won 14 matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
Saylor Bures looked comfortable as she struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up a single hit in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Ganado got a massive performance out of Jordyn Bundick, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with one home run, two stolen bases, and three RBI. Those three RBI gave Bundick a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Faith Palacios, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, four RBI, and two doubles.
Ganado always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .758. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Schulenburg only posted an OBP of .182.
Ganado is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-5-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.4 runs over those games. As for Weimar, they pushed their record up to 14-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Weimar came up short against Ganado when the teams last played back in March, falling 4-1. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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