Baseball Recap: Eureka Picks Up Fourth Consecutive Victory

Eureka came tearing into Saturday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Fortuna Huskies get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory. Considering the Loggers have won four games by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Fortuna's batters probably weren't too happy with Ty Crawford, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 12 Ks (he gave up two walks). Crawford has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than ten strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Kyle Giacone and Garrett Levitt did most of the damage at the plate: Giacone went 1-for-2 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one triple, while Levitt went 1-for-3 with four stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Those two runs gave Giacone a new career-high. Matt Pleasant was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

Eureka was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fortuna only posted a batting average of .000.

Eureka's win bumped their record up to 9-4. As for Fortuna, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.

Eureka will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Huskies: the pair will be back at it again later today.