Baseball Preview: Mitchell Bluejackets vs. Beech Grove Hornets
The Mitchell Bluejackets have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Beech Grove Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Mitchell's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Beech Grove's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Mitchell stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They never let Eastern onto the board and left with a 17-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Mitchell considering their one-run performance the match before.
Ben Seitzinger was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Seitzinger has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Seitzinger was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with four RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Simon Gaines was a standout: he scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Ethan Turner was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Beech Grove lost 12-4 to Covenant Christian on Friday. Beech Grove has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mitchell is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Beech Grove, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-22.
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