Baseball Game Preview: Pillow Academy Mustangs vs. Hatley Tigers

The Pillow Academy Mustangs will venture away from home to take on the Hatley Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

On Monday, Pillow Academy came up short against Myrtle and fell 4-1.

Charlie Dunn was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

On the hitting side, Pillow Academy saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Valente, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base. That stolen base was Valente's first of the season.

Meanwhile, Hatley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 6-4 heartbreaker at the hands of Jackson Academy.

Gatlin Brownlee was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

Hatley's loss dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Pillow Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.