The Maize Eagles will face off against the Andover Central Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Maize's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Andover Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Maize took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Kapaun Mt. Carmel a 4-0 shutout. The Eagles have beaten the Crusaders the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Crusaders has come to flipping the script.
Jacob Doty
| 05/12/25 vs Kapaun Mt. Carmel | 5 |
| 05/02/25 @ Haysville Campus | 4 |
| 04/15/25 @ Andover | 4 |
| 04/22/25 vs South | 3 |
| 03/27/25 @ Bishop Carroll | 2 |
Jacob Doty tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
At the plate, Maize saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryder Zimmerman, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Andover Central). Everything went their way against Dodge City on Friday as they made off with a 19-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Jaguars considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Maize pushed their record up to 16-8 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Andover Central, the victory got them back to even at 11-11-1.
Maize skirted past Andover Central 3-1 when the teams last played back in April. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Jaguars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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