Baseball Game Preview: Maryvale on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 10, 2024, 2:08am

Baseball Preview: Maryvale Flyers vs. Cleveland Hill Golden Eagles

Maryvale is 5-0 against Cleveland Hill since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Maryvale Flyers will be playing at home against the Cleveland Hill Golden Eagles at 1:00 p.m. Maryvale is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.

Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Maryvale finally turned things around against Iroquois on Wednesday. Maryvale skirted past Iroquois 7-5.

Isaiah Hill made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He tossed five innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Hill was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on James Rindfleisch, who went 3-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. Owen Baker was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, Cleveland Hill is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 23-1 to East Aurora on Monday.

Maryvale's win bumped their record up to 11-5. As for Cleveland Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.

Everything went Maryvale's way against Cleveland Hill in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Maryvale made off with a 10-0 victory. Will Maryvale repeat their success, or does Cleveland Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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