Baseball Preview: American Eagles vs. James Logan Colts
American is 2-8 against James Logan since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The American Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the James Logan Colts at 4:00 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
American will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Redwood Christian on Thursday. American put the hurt on Redwood Christian with a sharp 11-2 victory.
Calen Morgan made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Morgan was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Maverick Pinkevich was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances. Jacob Yudashkin was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, James Logan had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 13-0 win. James Logan's victory was all the more impressive since American was averaging only 3.6 runs allowed on the season.
James Logan also got a great performance from Westley Vega as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Vega has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jordan Medina and Trevian Martinez did most of the damage at the plate: Medina scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Martinez scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Yash Gupta, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
American's win bumped their record up to 12-9. As for James Logan, they pushed their record up to 18-3 with that victory, which was their 18th straight on the road dating back to last season.
American might still be hurting after the 13-0 defeat they got from James Logan in their previous meeting on Wednesday. Can American avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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