Baseball Preview: Coventry Patriots vs. Oxford Wolverines
The Coventry Patriots are on the road again on Friday to play the Oxford Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Coventry: 2.1, Oxford: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Coventry is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Somers a 4-0 shutout.
Not much got past Ethan Hunt, who gave up just three hits to keep Somers off the board. Hunt has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Evan Menzel was incredible, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with a home run and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Wojtkowiak, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Oxford waltzed into their match on Tuesday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They beat the Cougars by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-4.
Coventry is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-3 record this season. As for Oxford, their win bumped their record up to 22-8.
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