The Fort Recovery Indians will take on the Twin Valley South Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Monday, Fort Recovery made easy work of Fort Loramie and carried off a 9-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won eight matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Twin Valley South came out on top against National Trail on Wednesday thanks in part to the team's impressive five-run seventh inning. The Panthers were the clear victors by a 9-3 margin over the Blazers.
Laiden Carver was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Twin Valley South is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 5-13 otherwise. Carver was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and one stolen base. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Dustin Miller was excellent, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. Evan Day was another key player, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.
Twin Valley South always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .525. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as National Trail only posted an OBP of .290.
The win made it two in a row for Fort Recovery and bumps their season record up to 16-8. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 3 runs in those games. As for Twin Valley South, their win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-13.
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