For the second straight game, Williamsville East will face off against Hamburg. The Flames will host the Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Williamsville East 3.2, Hamburg 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Williamsville East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Hamburg on Monday. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 2-1.
For Hamburg's part, Kohl Schaefer tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.1 innings pitched. What's more, Schaefer posted five strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April.
At the plate, Jimmy Steffen was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played.
The win (which was Hamburg's fourth in a row) raised their record to 12-6-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Williamsville East, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 11-5-1.
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