Baseball Recap: Onaga Buffaloes vs. Atchison County Tigers
Onaga stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past the Atchison County Tigers 16-6. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Onaga also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2022.
Onaga let Jackson Kolterman and Hunter Lamond loose on the outfield. Kolterman scored four runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-5, while Lamond scored four runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Kolterman continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Xavier Berges, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Atchison County's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jeston Vessar, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, a stolen base, and two RBI. Tyler McRae was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Atchison County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Onaga only tossed eight.
Onaga has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Atchison County, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Onaga does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Atchison County, they will head out on the road to take on Jefferson West on Thursday. Jefferson West is coming into the contest with five straight losses at home, meaning Atchison County will have to defend against a team hungry for a win.
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