Baseball Recap: Von Steuben Panthers vs. Northside Mustangs
Von Steuben had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Northside Mustangs as they made off with a 10-3 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Von Steuben also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023.
Isaiah Davalos spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on nine hits.
At the plate, Christian Kobayashi and Luke Johnston did most of the damage at the plate: Kobayashi scored a run while going 1-for-4, while Johnston went 2-for-3 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double. Alex Karson was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
On Northside's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was John Piper, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Even though they lost, Northside didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Von Steuben only tossed four.
Von Steuben's win bumped their record up to 8-12. As for Northside, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-11.
Von Steuben will have a chance to go back-to-back against Northside: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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