Baseball Preview: Evansville North Huskies vs. Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats
Evansville North is 8-2 against Evansville Mater Dei since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Evansville North Huskies will be playing in front of their home fans against the Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Evansville North: 2.1, Evansville Mater Dei: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Evansville North gave up the first runs last Saturday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top against Evansville Central by a score of 9-5. The win made it back-to-back victories for Evansville North.
Meanwhile, Evansville Mater Dei entered their tilt with Tecumseh with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They never let the Braves onto the board and left with a 10-0 win on Saturday.
Evansville North pushed their record up to 17-4 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Evansville Mater Dei, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Evansville North beat Evansville Mater Dei 5-0 in their previous meeting last Thursday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Evansville Mater Dei's Max Miller, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Evansville North still be able to contain Miller? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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