The Pavilion Golden Gophers will challenge the Caledonia-Mumford Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pavilion has four straight victories, Caledonia-Mumford has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Pavilion proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 14) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Fillmore 3-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Golden Gophers have posted since April 7th.
Meanwhile, Caledonia-Mumford lost 10-2 to Perry on Friday.
Caledonia-Mumford saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Frankie Pabis, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Pavilion pushed their record up to 10-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.8 runs over those games. As for Caledonia-Mumford, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Pavilion beat Caledonia-Mumford 4-1 in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Will the Golden Gophers repeat their success, or do the Raiders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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