The Kewaunee Storm will head out on the road to square off against the Random Lake Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Kewaunee beats Random Lake with seven runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Storm came out on top against Oconto by a score of 7-4 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Storm.
Brett Paulsen was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Paulsen was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Those hits were his first of the season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Alec Carlson, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. That triple was his first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Diesel Bosdeck, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one stolen base and one RBI.
Kewaunee always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .528. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Random Lake strolled into their game on Monday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They never let Clinton get on the board and left with a 9-0 victory. Considering the Rams have won seven games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Random Lake's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-0. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Kewaunee, their record now sits at 3-1.
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