On Saturday, Kenai Central faced Soldotna in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Kenai Central Kardinals fell just short of the Soldotna Stars by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty 19 runs in the game before, Kenai Central couldn't push the score so high this time.
For Soldotna's part, Trenton Ohnemus spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on six hits and racked up 16 Ks. Ohnemus has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Levi Mickelson was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Kenai Central's loss dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Soldotna, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-3.
As of now, neither Kenai Central nor Soldotna have any future games scheduled.
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