The Olmsted Owls will head out on the road to square off against the Hutchinson-Central Tech Engineers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Olmsted has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Hutchinson-Central Tech will come in with three straight wins.
Olmsted lost 15-1 to City Honors on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Hutchinson-Central Tech can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Wednesday. Everything went their way against International Prep at Grover as Hutchinson-Central Tech made off with a 13-3 victory.
Nick Stewart and Julian Roman made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Stewart struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and only one walk). Meanwhile, Roman struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Stewart has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Stewart got on base in all three of his plate appearances with four RBI and a run, while Roman scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Ricaldo Valdez and Nathan Mulligan did most of the damage at the plate: Valdez scored three runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3, while Mulligan scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Alberto Oquendo was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Olmsted's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Hutchinson-Central Tech, their win bumped their record up to 8-3.
Olmsted suffered a grim 20-3 defeat to Hutchinson-Central Tech when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stewart, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Now that Olmsted knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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