The Westfield Shamrocks will square off against the Center Grove Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Westfield 3.2, Center Grove 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Westfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Fishers, who was ranked second at the time (Westfield was ranked eighth). The Shamrocks fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 9-8 on Saturday. The Shamrocks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lincoln Hoffman was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Beck Jordan, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Center Grove waltzed into their match on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They had just enough and edged out the Knights 7-5.
Westfield's loss dropped their record down to 10-3. As for Center Grove, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2.
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