The Wayne Blue Devils will head out on the road to take on the Adams Central Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wayne will head into Thursday's match on the come-up: they were handed a six-run defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Louisville on Thursday. Wayne had just enough and edged Louisville out 3-1.
Gavin Anderson looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
On the hitting side, Wayne saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jase Dean, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaxson Kneifl, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Adams Central stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against Thurston-Cuming County as Adams Central made off with a 10-0 victory.
Hunter Nepple tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Adams Central let Lucas Gabriel and Jayden Teichmeier loose on the outfield. Gabriel scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-3, while Teichmeier scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Kaleb Wahlmeier was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Wayne's win bumped their record up to 15-7. As for Adams Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Wayne couldn't quite finish off Adams Central when the teams last played back in March and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Adams Central's Jacob Reichstein, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Wayne knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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