The St. Edward Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Normandy Invaders at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Edward will be strutting in after a win while Normandy will be coming in after a defeat.
St. Edward is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by an 11-4 margin over Grand Blanc on Saturday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for St. Edward considering their two-run performance the contest before.
St. Edward got a great performance from Max Mcclellan as he struck out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Mcclellan has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Dan Tome was incredible, going 3-for-5 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Jones, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Normandy didn't have quite enough to beat Holy Name on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Normandy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was CLINT ROOT, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
St. Edward has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-10 record this season. As for Normandy, their loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 9-10.
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