The Green Bay Preble Hornets are taking a road trip to take on the Notre Dame Academy Tritons at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Green Bay Preble has four straight wins, Notre Dame Academy has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Green Bay Preble had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the six-run drubbing they dealt Manitowoc Lincoln on Monday. The Hornets put the hurt on the Ships with a sharp 6-0 victory. Considering the Hornets have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past Jaden Sonnenberg, who gave up just three hits to keep Manitowoc Lincoln off the board.
At the plate, Green Bay Preble's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ian Debaker, who went 1-for-2 with two runs.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Pulaski on Monday and fell 2-1.
Green Bay Preble's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-5. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Notre Dame Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-10.
Green Bay Preble came out on top in a nail-biter against Notre Dame Academy in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 4-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Hornets since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
