For the second straight game, American will face off against Irvington. The Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. American hasn't scored more than two runs for four games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for American's offense. They fell 5-0 to Irvington on Wednesday.
For Irvington's part, they got a great performance from Devin Patel as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Patel a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Brayden Jaksa was excellent, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double. Wesley Ren also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Irvington is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-8 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for American, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
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