The Carlisle Wildcats will square off against the Dallas Center-Grimes Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Carlisle 3, Dallas Center-Grimes 1.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Saturday, Carlisle was able to grind out a solid victory over Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, taking the game 7-2.
Meanwhile, Dallas Center-Grimes came tearing into Friday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Indians with a sharp 14-4 win. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 16 contests by seven runs or more this season.
Carlisle is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Dallas Center-Grimes, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-2.
Carlisle came out on top in a nail-biter against Dallas Center-Grimes in their previous meeting back in July of 2024, sneaking past 8-6. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Mustangs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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