The Warsaw Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the NorthWood Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
NorthWood is hoping to do on Wednesday what Plymouth couldn't on Monday: put an end to Warsaw's winning streak, which now stands at nine games. Everything went Warsaw's way against Plymouth as Warsaw made off with a 14-4 win. That's two games straight that Warsaw has won by exactly ten runs.
Reed Nelson tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over 4.1 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Warsaw got a massive performance out of Khareus Miller, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Kim, who scored three runs and stole five bases.
Meanwhile, everything went NorthWood's way against Bethany Christian on Tuesday as NorthWood made off with an 8-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for NorthWood.
Drew Rains made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Rains was also big at the plate, going 1-for-1 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
In other batting news, Nate Dutkowski was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Carson Mashack was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Warsaw's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-5. As for NorthWood, their record now sits at 12-8.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Wednesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Warsaw has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.2 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like NorthWood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Warsaw couldn't quite finish off NorthWood in their previous matchup back in April and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of NorthWood's Mason Bogan, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Now that Warsaw knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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