The Trico Pioneers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Illini Bluffs Tigers at 12:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Trico is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They had just enough and edged Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg out 5-3. That's two games straight that Trico has won by exactly two runs.
The team relied heavily on Josie Wettig, who scored two runs while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayleigh Franklin, who scored a run while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, Illini Bluffs came tearing into Monday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Hawks 2-1. That's two games straight that Illini Bluffs has won by just one run.
Trico has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 26-5 record this season. As for Illini Bluffs, their win bumped their record up to 24-1.
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