After three games on the road, Nicolet is heading back home. They will take on the Hartford Orioles at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Nicolet: 3, Hartford: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Nicolet will bounce into Wednesday's contest after beating West Bend West, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Nicolet won by a run and slipped past West Bend West 3-2.
Gabe Nelson was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden Konczal, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, after a string of 12 wins, Hartford's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of St. Joseph by a score of 10-9.
Hartford got a big performance out of Connor Ford, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Braycen Burg, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Hartford didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Joseph only tossed three.
Nicolet is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Hartford, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 12-1.
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