Baseball Preview: West Jones Mustangs vs. Hancock Hawks
The West Jones Mustangs will be playing at home against the Hancock Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in West Jones' favor as the squad sits on six straight wins at home while Hancock has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
West Jones is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Germantown, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (West Jones was ranked 15th). West Jones fell just short of Germantown by a score of 2-0 on Thursday.
West Jones saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Camden Clark, who went 1-for-3 with a double. Clark has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, West Jones was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. This was only their first loss (out of seven games) when they post three or more doubles.
Meanwhile, Hancock didn't have quite enough to beat George County on Friday and fell 3-2.
West Jones' defeat dropped their record down to 20-6. As for Hancock, they now have a losing record at 13-14.
West Jones came up short against Hancock in their previous meeting back in March of 2017, falling 10-5. Thankfully for West Jones, Matthew Chighizola (who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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