Fort Zumwalt East will be playing at home against the St. Dominic Crusaders at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Fort Zumwalt East: 4, St. Dominic: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Tuesday, Fort Zumwalt East was able to grind out a solid victory over Howell North, taking the game 7-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for Fort Zumwalt East.
Aidan Horn looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Fort Zumwalt East got a big performance out of Gavin King, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. Jackson Carter was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, St. Dominic put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They blew past St. Charles West 10-1. With that win, St. Dominic brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on Cooper Montgomery, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Nate Milam, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Fort Zumwalt East's victory bumped their record up to 19-9. As for St. Dominic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season.
Fort Zumwalt East might still be hurting after the 9-3 defeat they got from St. Dominic in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Dominic's Charlie Kilcullin, who struck out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Now that Fort Zumwalt East knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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