Tri-Valley has won nine straight games at home, while Olentangy Berlin has won nine straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Scotties will welcome the Bears at 5:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Tri-Valley 1.8, Olentangy Berlin 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Thursday, Tri-Valley made easy work of Crooksville and carried off a 14-1 win. Considering the Scotties have won 15 matchups by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Nash Baughman spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on four hits.
Brady Kaufman
| 05/15/25 @ Crooksville | 4 |
| 05/12/25 vs Meadowbrook | 2 |
| 05/10/25 @ New Philadelphia | 2 |
| 05/09/25 @ Hiland | 0 |
| 05/08/25 vs Maysville | 2 |
| + 11 more games |
At the plate, Tri-Valley got a massive performance out of Brady Kaufman, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and one stolen base. That's the most runs Kaufman has posted since back in April. Another player making a difference was Gavin Harrold, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and two doubles.
Tri-Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Olentangy Berlin came up short against Grove City on Thursday, falling 8-2.
Tri-Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Olentangy Berlin, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-5.
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