For the second straight game, East View will face off against Elgin. The Patriots will face off against the Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for East View's offense. They fell just short of Elgin by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Patriots' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Asher Kirchoff spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on six hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, East View saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Pullen, who went 1-for-2 with one double. That double was Pullen's first of the season.
Elgin has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 13-9-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.7 runs over those games. As for East View, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-11-2.
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