On Friday, Soldotna faced Colony in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Soldotna Stars never let the Colony Knights onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The win was familiar territory for Soldotna who now have three in a row.
The result came thanks to Trenton Ohnemus's shutout, as he gave up just four hits and racked up 15 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Andrew Pieh, who went 1-for-2 with a home run.
On Colony's side, Jaren Venie was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Venie was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Venie wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Boman Marks, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and a double.
Soldotna is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Colony, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-10.
Soldotna will head out on the road to take on Wasilla at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Soldotna is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road. Colony does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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