Maize has won three straight games at home, while Kapaun Mt. Carmel has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Monday. The Eagles will host the Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Maize 2.8, Kapaun Mt. Carmel 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Maize might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-1 to Hutchinson, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Luke Ethridge was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched.
At the plate, Maize saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Shaw, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Kapaun Mt. Carmel made easy work of Dodge City on Saturday and carried off a 14-1 win. The Crusaders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by eight runs or more this season.
Kapaun Mt. Carmel has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-10-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Maize, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-8.
Maize skirted past Kapaun Mt. Carmel 3-1 in their previous matchup back in April. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Crusaders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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