Baseball Preview: Hanks Knights vs. Horizon Scorpions
Hanks is 2-8 against Horizon since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Hanks Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Horizon Scorpions at 6:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Hanks: 2.6, Horizon: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Hanks can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. They never let Bel Air onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Hanks.
Ryan McFarland made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. McFarland was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Max Meraz was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Ethan Regalado was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Horizon had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They walked away with a 5-1 win over the Conquistadores. Five seems to be a good number for Horizon as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Franklin Miller, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
Hanks' win bumped their record up to 19-6. As for Horizon, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-9-1 record this season.
Hanks came up short against Horizon in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 6-1. Can Hanks avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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