Preview: Hoggard Vikings vs. Topsail Pirates
After three games on the road, Hoggard is heading back home. They will take on the Topsail Pirates at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Hoggard: 1.6, Topsail: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Saturday, Hoggard got themselves on the board against Purnell Swett, but Purnell Swett never followed suit. They came out on top against the Rams by a score of 4-0.
Jake Jeffrey made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Jeffrey was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Jeffrey wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Preston Smith, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Topsail came tearing into Thursday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cougars and snuck past 3-2. That's two games straight that Topsail has won by just one run.
Hoggard's victory bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Topsail, they pushed their record up to 5-3 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
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