Baseball Preview: Highlands Golden Rams vs. Leechburg Blue Devils
The Highlands Golden Rams will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Leechburg Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Highlands has struggled recently with eight defeats in a row, while Leechburg will arrive with four straight victories.
Last Wednesday, Highlands came up short against Freeport and fell 16-11.
Boyd Brown made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Highlands didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Leechburg put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Rochester a 14-0 shutout.
Chase Henry made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Henry was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brady Rollinger, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Mason Bertino, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Highlands' loss dropped their record down to 2-15. As for Leechburg, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Highlands has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Leechburg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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