Baseball Preview: Dutch Fork Silver Foxes vs. Chapin Eagles
Dutch Fork and Chapin are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2020, but likely not for long. The Dutch Fork Silver Foxes will head out on the road to challenge the Chapin Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Dutch Fork is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Dutch Fork put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They put the hurt on A.C. Flora with a sharp 7-1 victory.
After soaring to a ten-point win in their last game, Chapin came back down to earth on Friday. They fell just short of Blythewood by a score of 3-1. Chapin has not had much luck with Blythewood recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Ethan von Ahn was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Chapin saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Coletti, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Garret Mitchell, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Dutch Fork is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Chapin, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Dutch Fork came up short against Chapin when the teams last played back in March of 2023, falling 6-3. Can Dutch Fork avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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