Baseball Preview: Bishop Carroll Golden Eagles vs. Maize Eagles
Bishop Carroll is 8-2 against Maize since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Bishop Carroll Golden Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Maize Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Bishop Carroll is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
If Bishop Carroll beats Maize with five runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Bishop Carroll walked away with a 5-1 win over Northwest on Monday.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Maize's offense. They fell just short of Haysville Campus by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, Maize's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Davin Hinote was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched.
Bishop Carroll has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Maize, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-6.
Bishop Carroll skirted past Maize 2-1 in their previous meeting back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Maize's Easton Roth, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Bishop Carroll still be able to contain Roth? There's only one way to find out.
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