The Toronto Red Knights will challenge the Western Reserve Blue Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Toronto beats Western Reserve with ten runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Red Knights' pitchers stepped up to hand East Liverpool a 10-0 shutout on Monday. The Red Knights haven't had any issues with the Potters recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Western Reserve made easy work of Waterloo on Tuesday and carried off a 9-2 victory.
The team relied heavily on Hunter Taylor, who went 3-for-4 with three doubles, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Hartzell, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Western Reserve always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .533. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Waterloo only posted an OBP of .375.
Toronto's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Western Reserve, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
