The North Greene Spartans will square off against the Staunton Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. North Greene has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Staunton will come in with five straight wins.
Beardstown hit North Greene with a five-run fifth inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Spartans might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 11-1 to the Tigers, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, Staunton never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Carlinville 1-0.
Not much got past Grace Burris, who gave up just two hits to keep Carlinville off the board.
At the plate, Ele Feldmann was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and one run. That's the most doubles she has posted since back in May of 2024.
Staunton pushed their record up to 14-2 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for North Greene, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
North Greene might still be hurting after the 19-4 defeat they got from Staunton when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can the Spartans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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