The Mentor Cardinals will take on the St. Edward Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Mentor sitting on four straight wins and St. Edward on three.
On Saturday, Mentor needed a bit of extra time to put away Hoover. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over the Vikings.
Mentor got a great performance from Jacob Gunvelson as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over five innings pitched. Gunvelson has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in 14 consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Tyson Cendrowski, who went 2-for-5 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Vanhuss, who went 2-for-5 with two runs.
Meanwhile, while St. Edward put up some runs on Saturday, the same can't be said for Riverside. The Eagles walked away with a 5-0 win over the Beavers.
Mentor's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-5. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for St. Edward, their victory bumped their record up to 15-11.
Mentor was able to grind out a solid win over St. Edward in their previous meeting back in May of 2021, winning 10-7. Will the Cardinals repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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