Blanchester had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Eastern Warriors a 1-0 shutout. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Blanchester also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2022.
The result came thanks to Sammy Roush's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Drey Dees, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and an RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Caleb Sears, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-2.
Blanchester is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Eastern, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-3.
Blanchester has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Goshen at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Eastern, they will head out on the road to challenge Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Eastern is facing Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington at the right time seeing as Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington is stuck on a 14-game losing streak.
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