The Providence Catholic Celtics will challenge the Pontiac Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Providence Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Lemont get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The win was nothing new for the Celtics as they're now sitting on five straight.
Meanwhile, Pontiac had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 1-0 W against the Redbirds. That's two games straight that the Indians have won by just one run.
Not much got past Elena Krause, who gave up just two hits and racked up six Ks to keep Metamora off the board. Krause has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 18 consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Pontiac's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was India Mattingly, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Providence Catholic's win bumped their record up to 24-11. As for Pontiac, their victory bumped their record up to 26-9.
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