Baseball Preview: East Central Trojans vs. Whiteland Warriors
The East Central Trojans will square off against the Whiteland Warriors at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. East Central will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
East Central can't be too worried about heading out to take on Whiteland: they just beat Lawrenceburg at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. East Central skirted past Lawrenceburg 3-1.
AJ Reynolds spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on four hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, East Central saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colin Harrill, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Whiteland never got on the board in their matchup on Thursday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Indian Creek last Friday. They blew past the Braves 12-2.
Whiteland got a massive performance out of Blake Riddle, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Isaac Phegley, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
East Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Whiteland, their win bumped their record up to 14-10.
East Central suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Whiteland when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Thankfully for East Central, Brayden Roy (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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