Oak Park waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 7-2 win over the Truman Patriots. That's more bragging rights for Oak Park, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Aiden Hinkle made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Hinkle was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Oak Park let Anderson Dial and Alexander Chester loose on the outfield. Dial scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Chester scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Kirby Super, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On Truman's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Pleacher, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Oak Park has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-12 record this season. As for Truman, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-11.
Oak Park will be playing in front of their home fans against Blue Springs at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Blue Springs' pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Oak Park's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Truman, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 2-1 defeat vs. Lee's Summit on the 27th.
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