Baseball Preview: Bay Port Pirates vs. De Pere Redbirds
The Bay Port Pirates will head out on the road to take on the De Pere Redbirds at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Monday, Bay Port earned a 6-2 win over Sheboygan South. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Bay Port.
Dylan Heier was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Heier was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brooks Knutson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Carter Kallies, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, De Pere put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 15-2 margin over Green Bay Southwest. The victory was nothing new for De Pere as they're now sitting on three straight.
Like Bay Port, De Pere also got a great game from a two-way player: Lucas Koskey. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Koskey was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Axel Donaldson and Devin Weber did most of the damage at the plate: Donaldson went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs, while Weber went 2-for-2 with five RBI, two runs, and a double. Donaldson has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Ryan Wettstein was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Bay Port now has a winning record of 8-7. As for De Pere, they pushed their record up to 10-2 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Bay Port has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like De Pere struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Bay Port suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to De Pere in their previous meeting on April 8th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of De Pere's Easton Arendt, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over 6.2 innings pitched. Now that Bay Port knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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