The Oak Harbor Rockets will head out to take on the Coldwater Cavaliers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Oak Harbor 2.4, Coldwater 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Oak Harbor took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Swanton a 2-0 shutout.
Caleb Baker looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Oak Harbor's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Karson Lash, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Coldwater waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They had just enough and edged out the Raiders 2-0.
Oak Harbor has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Coldwater, they pushed their record up to 24-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
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