Edwardsville has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Belleville East Lancers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Edwardsville: 3.8, Belleville East: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Edwardsville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Highland, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Edwardsville was ranked fifth). Edwardsville put the hurt on Highland with a sharp 11-5 win on Saturday. Considering Edwardsville has won nine games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Belleville East waltzed into their matchup on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Crusaders and snuck past 3-2.
Belleville East's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caden Cagas, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Edwardsville is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Belleville East, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-10.
Edwardsville couldn't quite finish off Belleville East in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 5-3. Thankfully for Edwardsville, Zander Mueth (who struck out seven batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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