The Mound-Westonka White Hawks are taking a road trip to face off against the St. Peter Saints at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mound-Westonka has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight losses, while St. Peter will come in with nine straight wins.
Mound-Westonka couldn't beat Holy Family Catholic on Tuesday even though they stacked four runs on them in the fifth inning. The White Hawks came up short against the Fire, falling 15-7. That's two games in a row now that the White Hawks have lost by exactly eight runs.
Reese Matheny was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run.
Meanwhile, St. Peter won against Hutchinson on Monday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Saints beat Belle Plaine by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 6-2. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
St. Peter's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-3. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Mound-Westonka, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10.
Mound-Westonka couldn't quite get it done against St. Peter in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 as they fell 5-1. Can the White Hawks avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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