The East Noble Knights will head out on the road to take on the Westview Warriors at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
East Noble will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Carroll, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. East Noble walked away with a 4-1 win over Carroll on Thursday.
Gunner Wiley spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits and racked up six Ks.
On the hitting side, East Noble saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Deegan Munk, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double. Dylan Krehl was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Westview had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Cougars a 4-0 shutout.
The team relied heavily on Braden Kauffman, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Micah Miller, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
East Noble's victory ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-3. As for Westview, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-6 record this season.
East Noble came out on top in a nail-biter against Westview when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Noble since the squad 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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