Baseball Recap: Oak Park Northmen vs. North Kansas City Hornets
Oak Park put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the North Kansas City Hornets as the Oak Park Northmen made off with an 11-1 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Oak Park also won the last time the pair played on April 9th.
Cole Wells tossed a big game, not allowing a single hit, only one earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Oak Park let Aiden Hinkle and Alexander Chester loose on the outfield. Hinkle went 3-for-4 with three doubles, two runs, and a stolen base, while Chester went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Chi Smith, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Oak Park's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-12. As for North Kansas City, their loss dropped their record down to 2-19.
Oak Park will be playing in front of their home fans against Truman at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Truman will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Oak Park surely won't give up without a fight. As for North Kansas City, they will head out on the road to take on Central at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. North Kansas City is facing Central at the right time seeing as Central is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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