Twinsburg and Nordonia are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The Twinsburg Tigers will be playing at home against the Nordonia Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Twinsburg will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
Last Wednesday, Twinsburg narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past North Royalton 4-3.
Meanwhile, Nordonia got themselves on the board against McKinley on Thursday, but McKinley never followed suit. They walked away with a 5-0 win over the Bulldogs.
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 consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, 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. Another player making a difference was Gianni Covelli, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Twinsburg has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Nordonia, their victory bumped their record up to 17-10.
Twinsburg was able to grind out a solid win over Nordonia in their previous matchup last Tuesday, winning 3-0. Does Twinsburg have another victory up their sleeve, or will Nordonia turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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