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  Speaker 1: The Times Baseball Notebook Ottawa's Adam Swanson riding hot streak
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  written by Brian Hoxey and JT. Penalty. This article is
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  being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlet. Ottawa.
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  Swanson continues to surge at the plate on the mound.
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  Pirates senior catcher pitcher Adam Swanson has been solid with
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  the bat and with his right arm throughout this season,
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  but has really picked things up over his team's last
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  ten games. Ottawa is November first ten on the campaign,
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  but has won five of its last seven. Swanson, as
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  of Wednesday, was hitting point four to six' eight with
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  an on base percentage of point five eight five fifteen
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  stolen bases on the. Year within his current ten game hitting,
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  streak he's twenty for thirty three point six zero six
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  to go along with five. Walks swanson has also been
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  strong on the, mound currently owning a four to one
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  record in eight appearances seven starts with a one point
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  seven to EIGHT. Era he allowed thirty six hits and
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  just nine walks in thirty nine and one third innings
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  of work while striking out fifty. Two Christoph buyer's a
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  potent one two punch For. Bulldogs The Streeter bulldogs certainly
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  didn't want to be sitting at eight thirteen to one
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  with postseason seeding deadlines rapidly approaching and a tough final
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  stretch of season. Ahead while The bulldog's recent year boogaboos
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  of inconsistency with the gloves and the bats have weighed
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  heavily into that sub point five zero zero, Record streeter's
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  starting pitching has been nothing short of spectacular against a tough.
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  Schedule to this, point right handed senior Ace Clay christoph
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  has worked forty one, innings struck out sixty would be,
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  hitters and carries a sparkling two point seventy three earned run.
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  Average the Bulldogs. No two, starter left handed Junior Colin,
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  buyers lowered HIS era to three point eight five with
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  forty seven strikeouts over thirty six point one innings With
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  tuesday's win Over Reed. Custer tuesday's outing was an unusual.
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  One through three, Innings buyers had a no hit, shutout
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  going with six walks and six, strikeouts finishing with six,
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  walks ten k's and one earned run allowed in his five.
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  Innings there was one point where Coach Bubbs hoffman AND
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  i were sitting in there going. Well he's walked six
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  and struck out six and gave up no, Hits so
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  it's either one or the, Other streeter coach Bo albert,
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  said one silver lining as the postseason, approaches The bulldogs,
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  offense led by a senior first Baseman cole Winter roads
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  point three seven to seven batting average And christoph's point
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  three to six to, one appears to be heating up
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  at the right. Time streeter has scored five or more
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  runs in five's last seven, games after a cold stretch
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  that saw The bulldogs manage to get to five in
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  just three of their preceding dozen. Ballgames pitching defense has
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  been solid For. Serena The Serena huskers as Of, wednesday
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  have posted an eleven six, record and With tuesday's win
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  Over Hinkley Big rock clinched the Co Little Ten conference
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  championship with. Somanok Of serena's six, losses five have been
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  by a total of ten. Runs huskers Coach Jeremy foreman
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  says the key for his team being competitive in every
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  game has been pitching in. Defense he, added he is
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  hoping for the bats to become a little more, consistent
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  especially with runners in scoring. Position our team earned run
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  average is two point one eight on the, year and
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  Sophomore Nate kelly is six to zero on the season
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  and has AN er of zero point five to. Eight
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  he has been huge for us this, Year foreman. Said
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  each guy that has taken the mound this year has
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  done a nice job throwing strikes and giving us a.
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  Chance we have done a nice job of keeping runners
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  off base via the walk and. Errors one area that
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  we need to clean up a bit is our. Hitting
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  we have done well enough to this point to get
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  to an eleven six, record but we have a tough
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  non conference schedule leading up to regionals where we will
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  certainly see good. Pitching if we are able to get
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  guys on, base we have to be able to get
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  those runs in to stay. Competitive Nolan muffler is leading
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  our team with a point three one eight average and
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  twenty stolen. BASES a pair of nice tests This saturday For.
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  Marquette The, crusaders as Of, wednesday with a twenty two
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  to one record and outscoring their opponents two hundred and
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  sixty four sixty, two will make a trip south This
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  saturday to participate In round robin games Against Casey westfield
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  at eleven thirty am and then with Host Tolono unity
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  at one. Pm Casey westfield is currently fifteen to nine
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  and tied for first place in The Little Ilani. Conference
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  The warriors have won nine of their last eleven. Games
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  Tolono unity has won five straight outings and is nineteen
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  to three on the. Season The rockets have outscored their
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  opponents one hundred and sixty two to fifty. Two