There's no place like home for Delta, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Greenfield-Central Cougars by a score of 7-4 on Thursday. This was a revenge game for the Eagles: when they faced off against the Cougars on Wednesday, they had to take a 4-3 defeat.
Zane Cline was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over 4.2 innings pitched. Cline was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season.
Maddox Huffman
In other pitching news, Maddox Huffman looked comfortable as he tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He also tossed a walk, which is notable because Delta is 2-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 0-3 otherwise.
Cline wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Chase Ritchie, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. That's the most RBI Ritchie has posted since back in May of 2024. Another was Everrett Linn, who went 1-for-3 with two runs.
Delta's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 2-4. As for Greenfield-Central, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 4-3.
Coming up, Delta will challenge Eastbrook at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The Eagles' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Panthers have averaged an impressive 8.6 runs per game this season. As for Greenfield-Central, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 12-3 defeat against Fishers on the 19th.
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