Avon Lake is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Highland is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Shoremen will welcome the Hornets at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The last three games Avon Lake has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Avon Lake is headed into the matchup having just suffered their closest defeat since March 29th on Wednesday. They fell just short of Benedictine by a score of 4-2.
Avon Lake got a good showing from Joe Falish, who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. What's more, Falish gave up only zero earned runs, the fewest he's had over his last three contests.
At the plate, Josh Bobrowski made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Highland). They put the hurt on Tallmadge with a sharp 14-4 victory on Thursday. With that win, the Hornets brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Nick Dobkowski looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Noah Radigan, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. That's the most runs he has posted since back in May of 2024. Another player making a difference was Grady Gibb, who went 3-for-5 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Highland was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .486. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive games.
Highland's victory bumped their record up to 14-2. As for Avon Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 12-8.
