Kimberly waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Slinger Owls. That's two games straight that Kimberly has won by exactly five runs.
For Slinger's part, they got a good showing from Matthew Retzlaff, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Retzlaff has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Slinger saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Payton Tennies, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Kimberly's win was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-3. As for Slinger, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-12.
Kimberly will stay at home for another game and welcome Hortonville at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Kimberly: 3.1, Hortonville: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Slinger, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 6-2 victory vs. West Bend West on the 29th.
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