The Boone Grove Wolves will be playing in front of their home fans against the Wheeler Bearcats at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Boone Grove: 3.6, Wheeler: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Boone Grove is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Crown Point just ended the team's nine-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs. Boone Grove was red-hot at the plate headed into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the five games prior) but Crown Point's pitchers proved too tough.
Boone Grove saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mercedes Szakacs, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Wheeler's offense. They fell just short of Knox by a score of 1-0 on Friday. The contest marked the first time this season in which Wheeler was not able to get on the board.
Boone Grove's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-4. As for Wheeler, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-6.
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