The Chardon Hilltoppers will face off against the Nordonia Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Chardon has five straight wins, Nordonia has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Chardon came out on top against Strongsville on Friday thanks in part to the team's impressive seven-run seventh inning. The Hilltoppers walked away with an 8-3 victory over the Mustangs.
Tyler Noerr tossed a big game, tossing six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Chardon's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kyle McCoy, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, while it was Nordonia who put the first runs on the board on Saturday, it was Mayfield who put up more. The Knights fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 5-4.
Chardon's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-9. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Nordonia, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-13.
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