Baseball Preview: Whitefish Bay Blue Dukes vs. Hartford Orioles
Whitefish Bay has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Hartford Orioles at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. Whitefish Bay is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
Last Saturday, Whitefish Bay was able to grind out a solid victory over Cedar Grove-Belgium, taking the game 9-5.
Ben Volpe was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Harry Bortolotti, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, after a string of 12 wins, Hartford's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of St. Joseph by a score of 10-9.
Connor Ford led a balanced group of hitters, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Braycen Burg, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Hartford didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Joseph only tossed three.
Whitefish Bay's win bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Hartford, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 12-1.
Whitefish Bay couldn't quite finish off Hartford in their previous meeting on April 8th and fell 4-2. Can Whitefish Bay avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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