Falls City had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Knippa Crushers a 22-0 shutout. Considering Falls City has won six contests by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Kain Jurgajtis and Kash Brown made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Jurgajtis tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Brown pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At the plate, Jurgajtis scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while Brown scored three runs while going 1-for-5.
In other batting news, Dale Shaffer and Brayden Scott did most of the damage at the plate: Shaffer scored four runs while going 2-for-3, while Scott scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Daylen Kowalik, who scored three runs while going 1-for-2.
Falls City has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6-1 record this season. As for Knippa, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-14-1.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Falls City beat Knippa by a score of 22-2 later that day.
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