The Waukesha West Wolverines will face off against the Union Grove Broncos at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Waukesha West is returning to their home field after beating Oconomowoc on theirs, despite the fact Oconomowoc has dominated at home this season. The Wolverines skirted past the Raccoons 4-3.
Nolan Schmidbauer and Brock Goral did most of the damage at the plate: Schmidbauer got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one RBI, while Goral went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double. Those two RBI gave Goral a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Union Grove beat Elkhorn 4-1 on Thursday.
Kody Hage made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out six over seven innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Union Grove is 4-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 8-10 otherwise. Hage was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Hage wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Leo Weist, who went 1-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.
Waukesha West is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.7 runs over those games. As for Union Grove, they now have a winning record of 12-11.
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