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“We’re preaching the aggressiveness,”
Nowicki said.
It worked in the sixth, as
Cam Post’s run extended the
Knights’ lead to 6-3.
Cam Post (2-for-3 with a
double, 2 stolen bases and
3 runs scored) was the leading
offensive threat for the
Knights. After a strikeout to
lead off the game, he reached
base in each of his subsequent
three plate appearances,
including a double in the
third and an RBI single up
the middle in the fourth.
Dylan Post, Cam Post’s
younger brother, had the
first hit of the day for the
Knights, a double over the
right fielder’s head in the
bottom of the second. Dylan
Post scored on a Joe Dermody
RBI a pitch later, but
Cam Post said his brother’s
double added an extra incentive
for his next at-bat.
“It did give me some pressure,”
Cam Post said.
Nowicki said the relationship
is about each brother
pushing the other.
“Cam is the teacher, and
his brother is learning from
him,” Nowicki said. “...
They’re very much working
together to get better.”
Junior second baseman
Brandon Bennitt came up
with a triple into the rightcenter
field gap in the third
and later scored on a wild
pitch, and shortstop Jake
Blount scored in the fourth
after a single and three consecutive
walks sent him to
the plate.
The Knights’ win was
their fourth straight, following
a 1-2 start to the season.
At the heart of the Knights’
resurgence has been their
pitching.
“I’m really happy with
where we’re at,” Nowicki
said. “Guys are buying in,
and you can feel the confidence
kind of coming to
guys; they’re playing the
game aggressively. So,
we’re on the right track.”