Indian Hill is on a ten-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Elder is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Indian Hill Braves will take on the Elder Panthers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Indian Hill stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against Archbishop McNicholas as Indian Hill made off with an 11-1 victory.
Nick Rinala made a big impact no matter where he played. He pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Rinala has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Rinala was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Trent Hartman and Brady Drost did most of the damage at the plate: Hartman scored a run while going 1-for-3, while Drost scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Dylan Hartman was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Elder earned a 7-2 win over West Clermont on Thursday.
Indian Hill has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Elder, their victory bumped their record up to 19-8.
Indian Hill couldn't quite finish off Elder in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 4-2. Can Indian Hill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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