The Madison Blue Streaks are taking a road trip to take on the Kirtland Hornets at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Madison is headed out to face Kirtland after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. The Blue Streaks' pitcher stepped up to hand Conneaut a 7-0 shutout on Monday. The win continues a trend for the Blue Streaks in their matchups with the Spartans: they've now won six in a row.
Conneaut's batters probably weren't too happy with Ben Amos, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 17 Ks (he gave up two walks).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Joey Fioritto, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Kirtland strolled into their game on Wednesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They blew past Berkshire 11-2. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Max Paul tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Matthew Kahley and Luciano Cantini did most of the damage at the plate: Kahley scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Cantini scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Cantini a new career-high in doubles (two). Another player making a difference was Jack Turk, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Kirtland always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Berkshire only posted an OBP of .364.
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