Baseball Recap: Zionsville Eagles vs. Avon Orioles
Zionsville entered their tilt with Avon with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Avon Orioles 3-2. For Zionsville, this counts as revenge for the 8-4 defeat Avon walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2023.
Zionsville got a great performance from Meteo Wells as he struck out ten batters over nine innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Wells has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Zionsville's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Osterling, who went 2-for-5 with a stolen base.
On Avon's side, Carter Beck was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Carson Foxen made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his six plate appearances with a home run.
Zionsville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Avon, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 12-11.
Zionsville will have a chance to go back-to-back against Avon: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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