Baseball Preview: Marion Local Flyers vs. Miami East Vikings
The Marion Local Flyers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Miami East Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Friday, Marion Local sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over Parkway.
Ian Rindler made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing five innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Rindler has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rindler was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Austin Niekamp looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Rindler wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Poeppelman, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Miami East never let their opponents score on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Troy Christian and snuck past 1-0.
Marion Local's victory bumped their record up to 14-11. As for Miami East, their win bumped their record up to 16-4.
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