Baseball Recap: Las Plumas Thunderbirds vs. Oroville Tigers
Las Plumas can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Oroville Tigers a 9-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Las Plumas as they're now sitting on four straight.
Bryson Hutcheson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Hutcheson has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Hutcheson was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Hutcheson wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Richie Ponce, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Las Plumas pushed their record up to 17-5 with that victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Oroville, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-14-1.
Las Plumas will head out on the road to face off against Twelve Bridges at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Twelve Bridges will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. As for Oroville, they will head out on the road to square off against Wheatland at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Wheatland is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
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