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| 05/08/24 - Home | 8-1 W |
| 04/19/24 - Away | 14-1 W |
| 05/11/23 - Away | 13-0 W |
| 04/24/23 - Home | 21-0 W |
| 05/13/22 - Home | 8-4 W |
| + 5 more games |
Prospect is a perfect 10-0 against Wheeling since May of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Knights will look to defend their home field against the Wildcats at 4:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Prospect has four straight wins, Wheeling has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Prospect proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by ten) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Conant 5-4.
Elk Grove hit Wheeling with a ten-run third inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Wildcats lost 15-5 to the Grenadiers.
Wheeling saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ava Shrake, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one run. Another was Alaina Costello, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Prospect pushed their record up to 15-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 1.6 runs across that stretch. As for Wheeling, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Everything went Prospect's way against Wheeling in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Prospect made off with an 8-1 win. Do the Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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