Ben Davis had lost three straight on the road, but on Thursday they dropped their record down to 4-12 to make it four. They lost 10-0 to the North Central Panthers. That's two games in a row now that the Giants have lost by exactly ten runs.
As for North Central, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games.
For North Central's part, the result came thanks to Tristan Wilson's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks. Wilson has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Rykin Matthias was incredible, going 3-for-4 with two triples, two runs, and one stolen base. Those two triples gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Jaynes, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
While Ben Davis had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
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