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Owosso Trojans Baseball defeated Durand 12-3 Tuesday, April 19, 2016 after scoring 4 runs in the 3rd to take the lead. Nathan Nicevski racked up four RBIs on two hits for the Trojans. Drake Nover got the win for Owosso with nine strikeouts. Nover allowed no earned runs on five hits and no walks over five innings.
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