The Homer-Center Wildcats will square off against the Carmichaels Mighty Mikes at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Homer-Center is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
Homer-Center is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Juniata Valley 6-5. Six seems to be a good number for the Wildcats as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Brayden Rado and Braden Dunn did most of the damage at the plate: Rado went 4-for-5 with three runs, one double, and one RBI, while Dunn went 3-for-5 with five RBI and one double. That's the most hits Dunn has posted since back in April.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Carmichaels' offense. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 9-0 to Serra Catholic, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Mighty Mikes haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Homer-Center has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Carmichaels, their loss dropped their record down to 15-6-1.
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