FITCH PITCHING 2-HITS POLAND

POLAND, OH- As of late the Poland Bulldog bats were as hot as any team in the state as the Big Blue Machine had 31 RBI coming into Thursday’s game against Austintown Fitch.

Enter Fitch’s “Killer B’s”  Brett Porter and Bobby Cavalier.  The two combined on the bump for a two-hitter against the offensive juggernaut.  Poland watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 5-0 loss to Austintown-Fitch on Thursday. Austintown-Fitch scored on a single by Casey Bokesch and a groundout RBI by Josh Corll in the second inning.

One bright spot for Poland was a single by Braden Olson in the first inning.

Porter was the winning pitcher for Austintown-Fitch. He surrendered zero runs on two hits over five innings, striking out one. Cavalier threw two innings in perfect relief out of the bullpen.

PHOTO CREDIT: PATTY BOKESCH

Poland Senior, Jared Knight took the loss for the Bulldogs. He allowed eight hits and five runs over five innings, striking out five.

Mike Kushner and Olson each had one hit to lead Poland.

Austintown-Fitch tallied nine hits on the day. Bokesch, TJ Piroch, and Lorenzo Russo all managed multiple hits for Austintown-Fitch. Bokesch led Austintown-Fitch with three hits in four at-bats.

 

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