Baseball Preview: Bellevue East Chieftains vs. Papillion-LaVista Monarchs
The Bellevue East Chieftains will be playing at home against the Papillion-LaVista Monarchs at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Bellevue East will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Bellevue East is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Buena Vista with a sharp 18-1 victory on Saturday. With that win, Bellevue East brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Mitchell Goldschmidt was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Goldschmidt has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Goldschmidt was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Ethan Greenwell was incredible, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was AJ Lucas, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Papillion-LaVista faced Elkhorn in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Papillion-LaVista narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Elkhorn 4-2.
Papillion-LaVista also got a great performance from Trevor Antoniak as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Parker Ingram and Issac Pamaran did most of the damage at the plate: Ingram went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a triple, while Pamaran scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Bellevue East now has a winning record of 13-12. As for Papillion-LaVista, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Wednesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Bellevue East has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Papillion-LaVista struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Bellevue East came up short against Papillion-LaVista in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, falling 8-4. Can Bellevue East avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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