The Olentangy Orange Pioneers will take on the Centerville Elks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Olentangy Orange will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
Olentangy Orange is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: St. Ignatius, who was ranked tenth at the time (Olentangy Orange was ranked first). The Pioneers came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 5-2 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Centerville has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 3.7 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Monday. They lost 14-1 to Archbishop Moeller. The defeat continues a trend for the Elks in their meetings with the Fighting Crusaders: they've now lost four in a row.
Olentangy Orange pushed their record up to 21-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for Centerville, their loss dropped their record down to 13-7.
Olentangy Orange couldn't quite finish off Centerville when the teams last played back in April of 2022 and fell 5-3. Can the Pioneers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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