Baseball Preview: Grandview Heights Bobcats vs. Madison Plains Golden Eagles
The Grandview Heights Bobcats will head out on the road to take on the Madison Plains Golden Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Grandview Heights has four straight wins, Madison Plains has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Grandview Heights gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Bishop Ready as Grandview Heights made off with a 21-8 win.
Kaiden Lutsch and Zach Loy made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Lutsch struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up four earned (and four unearned) runs off ten hits (and not a single walk). Meanwhile, Loy pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Lutsch has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Lutsch went 4-for-6 with three runs, three doubles, and four RBI, while Loy scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
In other batting news, Charlie Ticknor and Beck Bockbrader did most of the damage at the plate: Ticknor went 4-for-6 with five RBI, two runs, and a triple, while Bockbrader went 4-for-5 with three runs, three RBI, and two doubles. William Halberg was another key contributor, scoring four runs while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Madison Plains' offense. They lost 11-0 to Northeastern on Tuesday. The shutout was out of character for Madison Plains seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Madison Plains saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Scheiderer, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Grandview Heights has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Madison Plains, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
Madison Plains' pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Grandview Heights hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .348. It's a different story for Madison Plains, though, as they've only averaged .248. Will they be able to contain Grandview Heights' hitters?
Grandview Heights came out on top in a nail-biter against Madison Plains in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, sneaking past 9-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grandview Heights since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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