The Norwell Knights will take on the Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian Braves at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Norwell is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
Norwell is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against East Noble on Thursday. They fell just short of East Noble by a score of 3-2.
Norwell saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cayden Cassel, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian). They never let Churubusco get on the board and left with a 13-0 victory on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
The team relied heavily on Jacob Jackson, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, two doubles, and one stolen base. What's more, he posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in April. Another player making a difference was Kyler Wood, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base.
Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .531. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Churubusco only posted an OBP of .300.
The victory made it two in a row for Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian and bumps their season record up to 11-7. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 5 runs in those games. As for Norwell, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.
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