Southwestern waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Everything went their way against the Milan Indians as they made off with a 13-3 win. Considering Southwestern has won five matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Adam Traylor spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on four hits.
At the plate, Austin Jenkins was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. Another player making a difference was Peyton Cloud, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Southwestern has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Milan, they dropped their record down to 2-6 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Southwestern will square off against Silver Creek at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Southwestern: 3.5, Silver Creek: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Milan, they will head out on the road to face off against Shawe Memorial at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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