The La Center Wildcats will face off against the Prairie Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Prairie will be up against a hot La Center team: the squad just extended their winning streak to five. The Wildcats never let Stevenson get on the board and left with a 24-0 win on Thursday.
Gunnar Schockelt made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up a single walk in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Will Anderson, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Blake Willis, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Prairie waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Thunder as they made off with a 10-1 victory.
Aidan Emery tossed a big game, tossing 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
At the plate, Nolan Nunn was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Camren McCray, who scored a run and stole three bases.
La Center pushed their record up to 8-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Prairie, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
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