Ottoville owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Kalida Wildcats 1-0. That's two games straight that the Big Green have won by just one run.
Not much got past Jayden Saxton, who gave up just three hits to keep Kalida off the board. Saxton also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Ottoville is 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 2-14 otherwise.
At the plate, Ottoville's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Nick Quartana, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.
Big Green
| 05/13/25 @ Kalida | 1-0 |
| 05/12/25 vs Fort Jennings | 13-12 |
| 05/10/25 @ Jefferson | 2-12 |
| 05/08/25 @ Tinora | 1-11 |
| 05/07/25 @ Elida | 1-4 |
Ottoville's win ended a 12-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-15. As for Kalida, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 13-4.
Coming up, Ottoville will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Crestview at 5:00 p.m. As for Kalida, they will head out to face off against Leipsic at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Wildcats' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Vikings have averaged an impressive 6.7 runs per game this season.
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