Baseball Preview: Piedmont Highlanders vs. Arroyo Dons
The Piedmont Highlanders will head out on the road to square off against the Arroyo Dons at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Piedmont is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season.
On Wednesday, Piedmont earned an 8-4 victory over Arroyo. Eight seems to be a good number for Piedmont as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ellis Moss made a splash no matter where he played. He tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Moss was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Will Parker was a standout: he scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Diego Delventhal, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Piedmont's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs per game. As for Arroyo, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-7.
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