Bloomfield owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds 2-0. The win was familiar territory for Bloomfield who now have four in a row.
Eastern Greene's batters probably weren't too happy with Boone Holtsclaw, who pitched a no hitter and racked up seven Ks (he gave up a single walk). Holtsclaw has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Bloomfield's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Patterson, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Bloomfield has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Eastern Greene, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-3.
Bloomfield will head out on the road to challenge Northeast Dubois at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Bloomfield is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road. As for Eastern Greene, they have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Cloverdale at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Eastern Greene is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.1 runs per game this season.
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