Baseball Preview: Foster Falcons vs. Fort Bend Willowridge Eagles
Foster is 9-0 against Fort Bend Willowridge since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Foster Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Fort Bend Willowridge Eagles at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Foster has seven straight wins, Fort Bend Willowridge has 32 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Foster put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Fort Bend Willowridge a 15-0 shutout.
Cooper Schwank made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 14 over five innings pitched. Schwank has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Schwank was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Aiden Poirier, who went 1-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. Paxton Dagley was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1.
Foster is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Fort Bend Willowridge, their loss dropped their record down to 0-17.
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