The Western Reserve Academy Pioneers will head out on the road to challenge the Firestone Falcons at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Western Reserve Academy's hitters haven't had much luck over their past three games, but Wednesday's contest will give them a chance to turn things around.
Monday just wasn't the day for Western Reserve Academy's offense. They came up short against Archbishop Hoban on Monday, falling 8-0.
Meanwhile, while Firestone put up some runs on Monday, the same can't be said for Buchtel. The Falcons didn't even let the Griffins on the board, marking the Falcons' second-straight 10-0 shutout. Considering the Falcons have won seven matches by more than eight runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Noah Liming and Malcolm Bufford did most of the damage at the plate: Liming went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run, while Bufford went 1-for-2 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. That triple was Bufford's first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Harris, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one run and one RBI.
Firestone was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .421. They are 5-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Firestone is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Western Reserve Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
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