The Medford Raiders will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Marshfield Tigers at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Medford has 19 straight victories, Marshfield has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Medford is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wisconsin's top teams: Stratford, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Medford was ranked 23rd). Medford skirted past Stratford 5-3. That's two games straight that Medford has won by exactly two runs.
Hayden Strebig tossed a big game, tossing 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Max Dietzman was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Marshfield was a bit more limited in their matchup on Saturday. They fell 5-1 to Hudson.
Medford pushed their record up to 21-2 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Marshfield, their loss dropped their record down to 4-18.
Medford was able to grind out a solid victory over Marshfield in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, winning 5-2. Does Medford have another victory up their sleeve, or will Marshfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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