The Eastside Eagles will face off against the Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Eastside will be strutting in after a victory while Monroe Area will be coming in after a defeat.
Eastside headed into their last game having not scored more than two runs for four straight, but Stockbridge let them put that streak behind them. Eastside came out on top against Stockbridge by a score of 11-8 on Monday. Considering the Eagles' hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
The team relied heavily on Chase Jordan, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-5. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.2 stolen bases per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Amond Sands, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Monroe Area's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of White County on Tuesday. The loss continues a trend for the Purple Hurricanes in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now lost five in a row.
Monroe Area also got a good showing from Chase Conner, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Monroe Area saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Vandiver, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
Eastside's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-6. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only two runs. As for Monroe Area, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
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