Evansville Mater Dei is 2-8 against Evansville North since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats will be playing at home against the Evansville North Huskies at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Evansville Mater Dei: 3.7, Evansville North: 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Evansville Mater Dei is returning to their home field after beating Heritage Hills on theirs, despite the fact Heritage Hills has dominated at home this season. Evansville Mater Dei walked away with a 5-2 win over Heritage Hills on Wednesday.
Ethan Goodin was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Goodin has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Goodin was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Goodin wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Schickel, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Evansville North can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Evansville Bosse an 11-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for Evansville North who now have three in a row.
Conner Watson looked comfortable as he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Jake Wilke was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Cranick, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Evansville Mater Dei has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Evansville North, their win bumped their record up to 12-2.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Evansville Mater Dei has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Evansville North struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Evansville Mater Dei came up short against Evansville North in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 5-1. Can Evansville Mater Dei avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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