Baseball Recap: Negaunee Extends Winning Streak to Three

Miners

Margin (Wins)

04/28/26 @ Manistique	28
04/20/26 @ Iron Mountain	15
04/28/26 @ Manistique	13
05/05/26 vs Westwood	11
04/11/26 vs Berrien Springs	10

Negaunee had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Westwood Patriots with a sharp 11-0 win. The Miners might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by nine runs or more this season.

Tristan Slater made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.

In other batting news, Devin Jurmu was incredible, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Killean Ryan also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Negaunee was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .471. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.

Negaunee's record now sits at 10-4. As for Westwood, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-3.

Negaunee has already played their next game, a 16-3 victory against Jeffers on the 6th. As for Westwood, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 1-0 loss against Hancock on the 7th.