Baseball Recap: Ames Extends Winning Streak to Six

Ames came tearing into Wednesday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Waterloo East Trojans a 10-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Little Cyclones have won by exactly ten runs.

Ames' victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-7. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Waterloo East, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.

Ames has already played their next contest, a 9-2 victory against Des Moines East on the 5th. As for Waterloo East, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 9-2 defeat against Ottumwa on the 5th.