Baseball Recap: Two Rivers Purple Raiders vs. Roncalli Jets
Two Rivers is still looking for their season's first win. They fell just short of the Roncalli Jets by a score of 5-4 on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Two Rivers has lost by just one run.
Two Rivers saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Justin Klinkner, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his seven plate appearances. Klinkner has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, Two Rivers didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 16 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
On Roncalli's side, Sawyer Van Drisse made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Van Drisse was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his seven plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Roncalli got a great performance from Dominik Frozena as he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
Back at the plate, Jake Hillmer and Victor Anzia did most of the damage at the plate: Hillmer scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his six plate appearances, while Anzia scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-5. Samuel Zirbel was another key contributor, going 2-for-5 with two stolen bases.
Two Rivers' defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Roncalli, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-7.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Two Rivers by a score of 3-0.
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