The Avon Grove Red Devils will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Downingtown East Cougars at 4:00 p.m. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Avon Grove is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Friday, just like they did against Sun Valley (and have done all season long). Avon Grove never let Sun Valley onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory on Tuesday.
Keith Mintschenko tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Caleb Strawhecker, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Trent Dosenbach, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Downingtown East came tearing into Wednesday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.4 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Patriots as they made off with a 12-0 win.
Avon Grove has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season. As for Downingtown East, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-3.
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