Atwater waltzed into their contest on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Buhach Colony Thunder 5-4. That's more bragging rights for Atwater, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Noah Silva was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
On Buhach Colony's side, Ben Stoddard was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Even though they lost, Buhach Colony didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Atwater's victory bumped their record up to 9-10. As for Buhach Colony, they are on a 13-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-19.
Atwater will head out on the road to face off against Golden Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Buhach Colony, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Escalon at 4:00 p.m. Buhach Colony will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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