Fort Zumwalt East will head out on the road to challenge the Kirkwood Pioneers at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Fort Zumwalt East will be strutting in after a victory while Kirkwood will be coming in after a defeat.
Fort Zumwalt East will head into Thursday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a two-run loss in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against Holt on Thursday. Fort Zumwalt East blew past Holt 14-7.
Carson Page tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits.
At the plate, Eric Williams was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Noah Foster, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Kirkwood didn't have quite enough to beat Lindbergh on Wednesday and fell 3-2.
Fort Zumwalt East's win bumped their record up to 18-9. As for Kirkwood, they dropped their record down to 10-11 with that defeat, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Everything went Fort Zumwalt East's way against Kirkwood when the teams last played back in March of 2023 as Fort Zumwalt East made off with an 11-5 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fort Zumwalt East since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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