The Earlham Cardinals will face off against the Martensdale-St. Mary's Blue Devils on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Earlham's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on East Union with a sharp 6-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cardinals.
Meanwhile, Martensdale-St. Mary's came tearing into last Tuesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Cardinals as they made off with a 19-0 win. Considering the Blue Devils have won 20 games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Martensdale-St. Mary's pushed their record up to 26-5 with the victory, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Earlham, their victory bumped their record up to 11-18.
Earlham suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Martensdale-St. Mary's in their previous matchup back in June. Will the Cardinals have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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