The Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets will challenge the Laconia Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Cedar Grove-Belgium 2.6, Laconia 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cedar Grove-Belgium is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They never let Lomira get on the board and left with a 4-0 victory.
Not much got past Ira Hilbelink, who gave up just five hits and racked up six Ks to keep Lomira off the board.
On the hitting side, Connor Waters was excellent, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and one run. Griffin Knight was another key player, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, Laconia earned a 3-0 win over Markesan on Friday. The Spartans haven't had any issues with the Hornets recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Cedar Grove-Belgium has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Laconia, their victory bumped their record up to 18-7.
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