The Elmwood Royals will face off against the Liberty Center Tigers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Elmwood is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Elmwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 21-3 margin over Pandora-Gilboa on Friday. The Royals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by six runs or more this season.
Gabe Schafer tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.

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On the hitting side, Ryken Zeigler was a standout: he went 1-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Nico Allen was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Elmwood always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .581. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Pandora-Gilboa only posted an OBP of .348.
Meanwhile, Liberty Center didn't have quite enough to beat Swanton on Monday and fell 5-3.
Elmwood's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Liberty Center, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
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