Baseball Game Preview: Omro on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Apr 27, 2024, 10:30am

Baseball Preview: Omro Foxes vs. Green Lake/Princeton Tigersharks

The Omro Foxes will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Green Lake/Princeton Tigersharks at 5:00 p.m.

Omro's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Laconia on Thursday. They lost 10-0 to the Spartans. The matchup marked the first time this year in which Omro was not able to get on the board.

Meanwhile, Green Lake/Princeton can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. They put the hurt on Markesan with a sharp 11-1 victory.

Maddux Poock made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). Poock has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Poock was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, Sam Sonntag was excellent, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Grant Bartol was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.

This is the second loss in a row for Omro and nudges their season record down to 7-4. As for Green Lake/Princeton, their win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1.

Omro suffered a grim 12-6 defeat to Green Lake/Princeton in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Omro, Colin Kinas (who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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