The Maryville Christian Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Washburn Pirates at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Maryville Christian is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Maryville Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Midway 18-3 on Tuesday. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Washburn got themselves on the board against Volunteer on Wednesday, but Volunteer never followed suit. They walked away with a 5-0 win over the Falcons. The victory was nothing new for the Pirates as they're now sitting on three straight.
Maryville Christian pushed their record up to 16-9 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Washburn, their win bumped their record up to 12-8-1.
Everything went Maryville Christian's way against Washburn when the teams last played back in March, as Maryville Christian made off with a 10-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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