The Highland Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Lancaster Flying Arrows at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Highland has three straight victories, Lancaster has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Highland will head into Tuesday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Monday (they won by six) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Potosi/Cassville out 5-3.
Meanwhile, Lancaster came up short against Cuba City on Friday and fell 11-6.
Maddy Hill put in work no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). Hill has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. Hill was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run.
Hill wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Amelia Johnsen, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Highland pushed their record up to 6-3 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lancaster, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-5.
Highland came out on top in a nail-biter against Lancaster when the teams last played back in March of 2023, sneaking past 9-8. The rematch might be a little tougher for Highland since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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