Baseball Recap: Nicolet extends home winning streak to eight

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 9:20pm

Baseball Recap: Nicolet Knights vs. West Bend East Suns

Nicolet had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it 14 on Friday. They skirted past the West Bend East Suns 3-2. That's two games straight that Nicolet has won by just one run.

Ben Ott was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.

On West Bend East's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Victor Gurrola, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.

Nicolet pushed their record up to 17-4 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for West Bend East, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-7.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Nicolet will face off against Slinger at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Nicolet's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Slinger's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for West Bend East, they will head out on the road to square off against Port Washington at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. West Bend East is facing Port Washington at the right time seeing as Port Washington is stuck on a 14-game losing streak.

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