The Nordonia Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the GlenOak Golden Eagles at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Nordonia's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so GlenOak's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Nordonia took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand McKinley a 5-0 shutout.
Not much got past Dash Lanzilotta, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep McKinley off the board. Lanzilotta has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Nordonia saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trent Alvord, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Smotek, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, GlenOak fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Hoover on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 5-4.
Nordonia pushed their record up to 17-10 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for GlenOak, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-12.
Nordonia suffered a grim 14-4 defeat to GlenOak in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Nordonia have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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