Baseball Preview: Alden Bulldogs vs. East Aurora Blue Devils
The Alden Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the East Aurora Blue Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
While Alden has not struggled against Eden recently, they managed to flip the script on Wednesday. Everything went Alden's way against Eden as Alden made off with an 18-2 victory.
David Earsing made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Earsing was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.
In other pitching news, Mason Urso looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
Back at the plate, Alden got a massive performance out of Steven Syracuse, who went 3-for-4 with three stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Josh Kruk, who went 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI.
Meanwhile, East Aurora got the win against Holland on Wednesday by a conclusive 14-6.
The win got Alden back to even at 1-1. As for East Aurora, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Alden skirted past East Aurora 2-1 in their previous meeting back in May of 2017. Does Alden have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Aurora turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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