After a 12-11 finish the last time they played, American and Irvington decided to play a little more cautiously this time around. The American Eagles' pitcher stepped up to hand the Irvington Vikings a 3-0 shutout on Wednesday. The victory was just what American needed coming off of a 7-0 loss in their prior contest.
Not much got past Eric Keesis, who gave up just five hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Irvington off the board. Keesis has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, American's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Calen Morgan, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
On Irvington's side, they got a good showing from Angus Buchanan, who pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Ayush Sadekar was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-2 with two doubles and a stolen base.
Even though they lost, Irvington was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. That's the most doubles they've managed all season.
American now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Irvington, their defeat was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-7.
American will have a chance to go back-to-back against Irvington: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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