For the second straight game, Maize will face off against Haysville Campus. The Eagles will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Colts at 6:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Maize 2.8, Haysville Campus 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Haysville Campus will be up against a hot Maize team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. The Eagles came out on top against the Colts by a score of 6-2 on Friday.
Luke Ethridge tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Gavin Short, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two RBI, one run, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Soderstrom, who went 1-for-5 with two RBI and one double.
Maize hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their strikeout total in four consecutive matchups.
Maize pushed their record up to 14-6 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Haysville Campus, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 14-4 record.
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