Baseball Preview: Trenton Trojans vs. Zeeland East Chix
The Trenton Trojans will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Zeeland East Chix at 4:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Trenton: 2.1, Zeeland East: 1.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Wednesday, it was a hard-fought game, but Trenton had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Edsel Ford.
Trenton saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach DeChane, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Zeeland East stacked a 17th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Holland an 8-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for Zeeland East who now have eight in a row.
Not much got past Evan Ownes, who gave up just two hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep Holland off the board. Ownes has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Quincy Thome, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Coutts, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Trenton's defeat dropped their record down to 16-6-1. As for Zeeland East, they pushed their record up to 23-2 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home.
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