The Ellinwood Eagles will be playing at home against the Sylvan-Lucas Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sylvan-Lucas is hoping to do on Monday what Minneapolis couldn't on Friday: put an end to Ellinwood's winning streak, which now stands at six games. Ellinwood's pitcher stepped up to hand Minneapolis a 10-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Ellinwood has won by exactly ten runs.
Trace Tudor made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Tudor has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Tudor was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Cooper Hosman was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. Campbell Coleman was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Sylvan-Lucas came into Monday's game having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They put the hurt on Minneapolis with a sharp 14-2 victory on Monday. Sylvan-Lucas' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
The win got Ellinwood back to even at 11-11. As for Sylvan-Lucas, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-7.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
