The Coatesville Red Raiders will face off against the East Vikings at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. Coatesville is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Coatesville is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Unionville on Wednesday as they made off with a 22-2 victory. Considering the Red Raiders have won five contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between East and Bishop Shanahan, and East kept the tradition alive. The Vikings had just enough and edged out the Eagles 3-2. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by just one run.
East is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Coatesville, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2.
Coatesville skirted past East 3-2 in their previous meeting back in March. Will the Red Raiders repeat their success, or do the Vikings have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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