Fall River is 0-7 against Horicon since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Fall River Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the Horicon Marshmen at 5:00 p.m.
Fall River is is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Friday. They lost 17-0 to Deerfield. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, Fall River's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Horicon entered their tilt with Williams Bay with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They never let the Bulldogs onto the board and left with a 15-0 win on Friday. Horicon might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight matches by ten runs or more this season.
Lizzy Gibbs made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Gibbs was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Horicon got a massive performance out of Breonna Buechel, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Buechel is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen two or more in the last four games she's played. Ella Vorlob was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Fall River's loss dropped their record down to 1-13. As for Horicon, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-1.
Fall River suffered a grim 22-3 defeat to Horicon in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gibbs, who struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits (and not a single walk). Now that Fall River knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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