Osborne had no answer to Liam Kirkman on Thursday as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his fourth in a row with more than six strikeouts. On the season, Kirkman has an ERA of 1.54 over 27.3 innings pitched.
Kirkman's strong effort led Cherokee over Osborne and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kirkman has dominated as far as strikeouts are concerned (he's averaged 5.1 per game this season), but he's got his work cut out for him considering Osborne has only allowed 2.8 per game this season.
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