Baseball Preview: Floyd Central Highlanders vs. Avon Orioles
The Floyd Central Highlanders are on the road again on Saturday to play the Avon Orioles at 2:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Floyd Central: 2.2, Avon: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Floyd Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They beat Castle by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-1.
Meanwhile, Avon had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Monday. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Flashes.
Kade Tislow tossed a big game, pitching 7.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Gage Zollner was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 4-for-4. Trey Thompson was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Floyd Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-3 record this season. As for Avon, their victory bumped their record up to 18-15.
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