Baseball Preview: Cashion Wildcats vs. Calumet Chieftains
Cashion is 0-3 against Calumet since March of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Cashion Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Calumet Chieftains at 5:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Calumet is hoping to do on Monday what Hobart couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Cashion's winning streak, which now stands at 11 games. Cashion never let Hobart onto the board and left with a 16-0 win.
Meanwhile, Calumet had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Monday. They put the hurt on the Bobcats with a sharp 12-4 victory. Calumet's win was all the more impressive since Hydro-Eakly was averaging only 2.96 runs allowed on the season.
Kyler Thiessen was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Thiessen was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Calumet let Kaleb Thiessen and Kingston Arnold loose on the outfield. Thiessen scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Arnold scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Thiessen is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
Cashion's victory was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 27-3. As for Calumet, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Cashion couldn't quite finish off Calumet when the teams last played on April 6th and fell 2-0. Can Cashion avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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