The Edmond Memorial Bulldogs will face off against the Olathe West Owls at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Olathe West's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Edmond Memorial hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. The Bulldogs' pitchers stepped up to hand Capitol Hill a 12-0 shutout on Monday. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by eight runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Olathe West strolled into their game last Saturday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They blew past Heights 10-1.
Ty Miller tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Olathe West let Roy Roseman and Jordan Posgai run wild. Roseman went 3-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base, while Posgai went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Micah McGavran, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
Olathe West always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .545. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Heights only posted an OBP of .231.
Edmond Memorial is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.9 runs on average over those games. As for Olathe West, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
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