The Vestaburg Wolverines will take on the Webberville Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Vestaburg will be strutting in after a win while Webberville will be coming in after a defeat.
Nine must be Vestaburg's lucky number: they beat Carson City-Crystal with that score not once but twice on Tuesday. The Wolverines beat the Eagles by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 9-1. The result was nothing new for the Wolverines, who have now won nine contests by eight runs or more so far this season.
Sasha Page spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered a run (which was unearned) on four hits and racked up 13 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Vestaburg got a big performance out of Halee Patch, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. That's the most hits Patch has posted since back in May of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Kelsie Stowell, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Vestaburg was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Carson City-Crystal only posted a batting average of .200.
Webberville couldn't beat Dansville on Tuesday even though they stacked five runs on them in the fifth inning. The Spartans fell just short of the Aggies by a score of 9-7. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their meetings with the Aggies: they've now lost four in a row.
Vestaburg pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.5 runs over those games. As for Webberville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Vestaburg skirted past Webberville 3-1 in their previous matchup on Saturday. Will the Wolverines repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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