Baseball Preview: Genoa Area Comets vs. Oak Harbor Rockets
After two games on the road, Genoa Area is heading back home. They will take on the Oak Harbor Rockets at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Genoa Area gave up the first runs last Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with a 10-7 victory over Fostoria. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Genoa Area's hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, Oak Harbor stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Fostoria a 10-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Oak Harbor as they're now sitting on three straight.
Oak Harbor got a great performance from Caleb Baker as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Baker has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Oak Harbor let Michael Lalonde and Cooper Schultz loose on the outfield. Lalonde got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four runs, a triple, and an RBI, while Schultz scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Genoa Area's victory bumped their record up to 6-12. As for Oak Harbor, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
Genoa Area came up short against Oak Harbor when the teams last played last Monday, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Oak Harbor's Brayden Myerholtz, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Genoa Area knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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