The Northview Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Anthony Wayne Generals at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Northview: 3.1, Anthony Wayne: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Northview will make a triumphant return home after picking up their first road win of the season at Defiance expense on Saturday. Northview fell just short of Defiance by a score of 7-6. Northview has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Northview got a good showing from Nick Schantz, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Schantz has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Colin Tomanski was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Christian Berling, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Anthony Wayne had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. Everything went their way against the Wildcats as they made off with a 13-3 victory. Considering Anthony Wayne has won three games by more than nine runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Northview's defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-2. As for Anthony Wayne, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
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