After two games on the road, Mentor is heading back home. They will take on the Gilmour Academy Lancers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Mentor: 2.8, Gilmour Academy: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mentor will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating St. Ignatius, who they hadn't topped in eight consecutive meetings. Mentor came out on top against St. Ignatius by a score of 13-9 on Wednesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Mentor considering their one-run performance the game before.
Tyler Milnes looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Mentor got a massive performance out of Nick Square, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Zupancic, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Gilmour Academy sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 win over Kenston on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Gilmour Academy.
Mentor has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Gilmour Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 12-6.
Mentor was able to grind out a solid win over Gilmour Academy when the teams last played back in April of 2018, winning 4-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Gilmour Academy's Ben DeMell, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over 5.2 innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for Mentor to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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