Baseball Preview: Calumet Chieftains vs. Cashion Wildcats
Calumet is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Cashion is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Calumet Chieftains will take on the Cashion Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Calumet's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Monday, when they got past Hydro-Eakly's usually-dominant pitching crew. Everything went Calumet's way against Hydro-Eakly as Calumet made off with a 12-4 victory.
Kyler Thiessen was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Thiessen was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Calumet let Kaleb Thiessen and Kingston Arnold loose on the outfield. Thiessen scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Arnold scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Thiessen is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Cashion got themselves on the board against Hobart on Tuesday, but Hobart never followed suit. They blew past the Bearcats 16-0.
Calumet has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Cashion, their win bumped their record up to 27-3.
Calumet skirted past Cashion 2-0 when the teams last played on April 6th. Will Calumet repeat their success, or does Cashion have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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