Akron and East Aurora are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Akron Tigers will be playing at home against the East Aurora Blue Devils at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Akron's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so East Aurora's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Akron took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Nichols a 4-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, East Aurora was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Pioneer by a score of 6-5.
The victory got Akron back to even at 4-4. As for East Aurora, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything went Akron's way against East Aurora in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Akron made off with a 12-5 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was East Aurora's Alexander Rumfola, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over 4.2 innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be that much easier for Akron to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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