The Eagle Mustangs will face off against the Centennial Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Eagle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Capital, who was ranked 19th at the time (Eagle was ranked 23rd). The Mustangs narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Golden Eagles 5-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Mustangs have posted against the Golden Eagles since May 4, 2019.
Eagle's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Zawadzki, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and two RBI. That's the most RBI Zawadzki has posted since back in March. Kristian Fusco was another, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Centennial waltzed into their game on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over the Golden Eagles.
Cannon Haws spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
Centennial pushed their record up to 15-2 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Eagle, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-6.
Everything went Eagle's way against Centennial when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Eagle made off with a 7-0 victory. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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