Baseball Recap: Avon Grove Red Devils vs. Downingtown East Cougars
Avon Grove entered their tilt with Downingtown East with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Downingtown East Cougars out 4-3. That's two games straight that Avon Grove has won by just one run.
Avon Grove got a great performance from Brayden Gregg as he struck out seven batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Gregg has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Avon Grove's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Logan Nelson, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
Avon Grove pushed their record up to 7-6 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Downingtown East, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-4.
Avon Grove will play host again on Monday to welcome Bishop Shanahan, where first pitch is scheduled at 3:45 p.m. Avon Grove is facing Bishop Shanahan at the right time seeing as Bishop Shanahan is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Downingtown East, they will head out on the road to face off against Oxford at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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