Hudson and Nordonia are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2016, but likely not for long. The Hudson Explorers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Nordonia Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Hudson's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They put the hurt on Chardon with a sharp 10-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Hudson.
Meanwhile, Nordonia came into Friday's match having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over South on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Nordonia considering their two-run performance the contest before.
The result came thanks to Matt Janosek's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tyler Reville, who scored a run and stole a base while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Ebert, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Hudson now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Nordonia, their win bumped their record up to 13-8.
Hudson suffered a grim 16-6 defeat to Nordonia in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nordonia's Owen Smotek, who went 3-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. Now that Hudson knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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