The White Bear Lake Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (White Bear Lake: 2.4, Cretin-Derham Hall: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cretin-Derham Hall is hoping to do on Tuesday what Tartan couldn't on Saturday: put an end to White Bear Lake's winning streak, which now stands at four games. White Bear Lake's pitchers stepped up to hand Tartan a 10-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Cretin-Derham Hall's offense. They fell just short of East Ridge by a score of 1-0 on Monday. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Cretin-Derham Hall's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Brooke Nesdahl spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up 17 Ks. Those 17 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for her.
White Bear Lake's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4. As for Cretin-Derham Hall, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-5.
White Bear Lake came out on top in a nail-biter against Cretin-Derham Hall in their previous matchup on Wednesday, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Nesdahl, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off nine hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will White Bear Lake still be able to contain Nesdahl? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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