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| 04/25/25 - Away | 13-0 W |
| 05/20/24 - Away | 13-0 W |
| 04/26/24 - Home | 13-0 W |
| 04/28/17 - Away | 11-0 W |
| 04/28/17 - Home | 17-6 W |
| + 3 more games |
Kettle Run has gone a perfect 8-0 against Manassas Park recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. Kettle Run will host Manassas Park at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Manassas Park will be up against a hot Kettle Run team: the squad just extended their winning streak to six. Everything went the Cougars' way against Brentsville District on Monday as they made off with an 8-1 win. Considering the Cougars have won 11 games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Manassas Park never got on the board in their matchup on Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Park View on Monday. They blew past the Patriots 17-1. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Cougars' hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
Logan Hummeldorf and Alejandro Rogers were major factors no matter where they played. Throwing, Hummeldorf tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Rogers pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Hummeldorf also tossed a walk, which is notable because Manassas Park is 2-1 when he allows at most two walks, but 2-11 otherwise. At bat, Hummeldorf went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI, while Rogers went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Those two stolen bases gave Hummeldorf a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Carlos Castillo Aviles, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. He has become a key player for Manassas Park: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 1-12 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Xavier Tickle, who went 1-for-2 with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Manassas Park was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Kettle Run's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-3. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Manassas Park, their victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-12.
Kettle Run took their win against Manassas Park in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 13-0 score. Will Kettle Run repeat their success, or does Manassas Park has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
