Baseball Preview: St. Edward Eagles vs. Avon Eagles
The St. Edward Eagles will take on the Avon Eagles at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with St. Edward sitting on six straight victories and Avon on 11.
St. Edward is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Highland a 5-0 shutout. Five seems to be a good number for St. Edward as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The result came thanks to Henry Slaby's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up 13 Ks.
At the plate, St. Edward's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Page, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Dan Tome was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Avon won against North Royalton on Thursday with one run and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Avon skirted past North Royalton 1-0. That's two games straight that Avon has won by just one run.
St. Edward has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 18-11 record this season. As for Avon, their win bumped their record up to 17-10-1.
St. Edward came up short against Avon when the teams last played back in April of 2017, falling 4-1. Can St. Edward avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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