Baseball Preview: Mifflin Punchers vs. Eastmoor Academy Warriors
The Mifflin Punchers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Eastmoor Academy Warriors at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Mifflin's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 11-0 margin over Linden-McKinley.
Meanwhile, Eastmoor Academy had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Monday. They blew past the Bruins 17-3. 17 seems to be a good number for Eastmoor Academy as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
LaBron Williams spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Savion Watts was a standout: he scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his nine plate appearances. Watts is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season. Another player making a difference was Aayden Johnson, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his six plate appearances.
Mifflin now has a winning record of 3-2-1. As for Eastmoor Academy, they pushed their record up to 9-3 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
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