The La Crosse Central Riverhawks will challenge the Holmen Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. La Crosse Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight defeats, while Holmen will come in with four straight victories.
La Crosse Central came into this matchup off a tough eight-run loss on Thursday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Holmen by a score of 6-4 on Monday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Riverhawks have suffered since May 13, 2024.
For Holmen's part, they got a great performance from Paul Goryl as he struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up four earned runs off seven hits (and not a single walk). Those 11 strikeouts gave Goryl a new career-high.
At the plate, Abe Henderson and Brayden Wall did most of the damage at the plate: Henderson went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI, while Wall went 1-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. That home run marked the first that Henderson has launched this season.
Holmen's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for La Crosse Central, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
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