The East Ascension Spartans will challenge the University Lab Cubs at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. East Ascension will be strutting in after a win while University Lab will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with six defeats in a row, East Ascension turned things around against Walker on Saturday. They never let the Wildcats get on the board and left with a 4-0 victory.
Darrin Magee tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched.
Ethan Dille
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On the hitting side, Ethan Dille was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Caden Gautreaux, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Meanwhile, University Lab faced Parkview Baptist in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Cubs fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Cubs have lost by just one run.
Grant Sunstrom was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. What's more, he gave up only one walk, the fewest he's had since back in March.
At the plate, University Lab saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jake McCann, who went 1-for-3 with one home run. That home run marked the first that McCann launched this season.
East Ascension's win bumped their record up to 15-19-1. As for University Lab, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-10.
East Ascension skirted past University Lab 9-8 in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Do the Spartans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cubs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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