Zionsville entered their tilt with Kokomo with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Kokomo Wildkats a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Zionsville has won by exactly four runs.
Not much got past Meteo Wells, who gave up just one hit and racked up 13 Ks to keep Kokomo off the board. Those 13 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, Josh Girvan was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
On Kokomo's side, Isaac Flamino was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
Zionsville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Kokomo, their defeat was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-9.
Zionsville will challenge Westfield at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Zionsville: 3.8, Westfield: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Kokomo, they will head out on the road to face off against Western at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Western's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Kokomo's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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