Baseball Recap: McIntosh Chiefs vs. Westminster Wildcats
McIntosh waltzed into their game on Wednesday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They skirted past the Westminster Wildcats 4-2. That's two games straight that McIntosh has won by exactly two runs.
McIntosh got a great performance from Ty Beck as he struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Elliot Sturbaum came in to relieve Beck and was airtight, giving up no runs, hits or walks in his one inning pitched.
At the plate, Mason Olivarez was excellent, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Braden Roop, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
McIntosh pushed their record up to 15-5 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs per game. As for Westminster, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-4.
McIntosh will head out on the road to square off against Cartersville at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (McIntosh: 2.7, Cartersville: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Westminster, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Trinity Christian at 5:55 p.m. on Thursday. Trinity Christian hasn't scored more than two runs for three games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
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