Ashland had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the West Holmes Knights and snuck past 5-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Ashland also won the last time the pair played last Tuesday.
Ashland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Bunce, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Michael Franz was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Ashland is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for West Holmes, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-8.
Ashland will head out on the road to square off against Clyde at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for West Holmes, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Norwayne at 7:00 p.m. Norwayne's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so West Holmes' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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