Baseball Preview: Decatur Central Hawks vs. Terre Haute North Vigo Patriots
Decatur Central is 1-6 against Terre Haute North Vigo since June of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Decatur Central Hawks are on the road again to play the Terre Haute North Vigo Patriots at 10:00 a.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Decatur Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Brownsburg and snuck past 9-8.
Zach Losito was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Losito has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in six consecutive pitching appearances. Losito was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Losito wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Bo Polston, who went 2-for-3 with five RBI, a triple, and a run. Logan Markus was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Terre Haute North Vigo came tearing into Wednesday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with an 8-4 win over the Braves.
Decatur Central's victory bumped their record up to 10-16. As for Terre Haute North Vigo, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Decatur Central came up short against Terre Haute North Vigo when the teams last played back in April, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Terre Haute North Vigo's Jonathan Millington, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. Now that Decatur Central knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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