Batavia entered their tilt with Reading with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Reading Blue Devils a 9-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's more bragging rights for Batavia, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The result came thanks to Brayden Schmittou's shutout, as he gave up just two hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Dom Hannah, who scored a run and stole six bases while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jess Roller, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Batavia is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Reading, their loss dropped their record down to 8-13.
As of now, neither Batavia nor Reading have any future games scheduled.
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