Baseball Recap: St. Paul Flyers vs. Monroeville Eagles
In what's become a running theme this season, St. Paul gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. They never let the Monroeville Eagles onto the board and left with a 15-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for St. Paul, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Kole Maxwell made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Maxwell has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than ten strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Maxwell was also big at the plate, firing off four doubles, four RBI, and a run while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, St. Paul got a massive performance out of Ben Burger, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Ashton Stang was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Monroeville's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colt Clark, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
St. Paul has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Monroeville, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-11 record this season.
St. Paul will have a chance to go back-to-back against Monroeville: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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