Baseball Preview: Avon Orioles vs. Zionsville Eagles
Avon has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Zionsville Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The last three games Avon has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Avon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Zionsville, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Avon was ranked 23rd). Avon fell just short of Zionsville by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. That's two games in a row now that Avon has lost by just one run.
For Zionsville's part, they 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. Wells has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Zionsville saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Osterling, who went 2-for-5 with a stolen base.
Avon dropped their record down to 12-11 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Zionsville, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 16-6.
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