Bradley Hietzman was dynamite on Tuesday, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his fifth in a row with more than five strikeouts. This season, Hietzman has an ERA of 1.55 over 40.7 innings pitched.
Hietzman's strong effort led Rio Vista over Italy and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rio Vista is 8-2 against Italy going back to April of 2021, a lead they'll look to extend.
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