Montesano has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the La Center Wildcats at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Montesano will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 11-run loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against King's Way Christian on Friday. Montesano had just enough and edged King's Way Christian out 8-6.
Meanwhile, La Center put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They put the hurt on Elma with a sharp 8-0 win.
Not much got past Austin Aseph, who gave up just nine hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Elma off the board.
At the plate, Justin Fuller was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Caden Taylor was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Montesano has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for La Center, their victory bumped their record up to 15-6.
Montesano came out on top in a nail-biter against La Center when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 12-11. The rematch might be a little tougher for Montesano 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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