Buchholz can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Gainesville Hurricanes as the Buchholz Bobcats made off with an 11-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Buchholz.
Aidan Kastensmidt made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). Kastensmidt has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Kastensmidt was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-1 with two RBI.
In other pitching news, Buchholz got a great performance from Austin Cardozo as he struck out 11 batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
Back at the plate, Buchholz let Kai So and JJ Gardner loose on the outfield. So scored two runs and stole two bases, while Gardner went 1-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. Another player making a difference was Hudson Sapp, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
On Gainesville's side, they saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Kemph, who went 3-for-3 with an RBI.
Buchholz's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-6. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.5 runs per game. As for Gainesville, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-11.
Buchholz will have a chance to go back-to-back against Gainesville: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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