Baseball Preview: Morristown-Hamblen West Trojans vs. Morristown-Hamblen East Hurricanes
The Morristown-Hamblen West Trojans have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Morristown-Hamblen East Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Morristown-Hamblen West stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 13-3 margin over Gatlinburg-Pittman. That's two games straight that Morristown-Hamblen West has won by exactly ten runs.
The team relied heavily on Malakhi Isom, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 2-for-3. Gavin Mitchell was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Morristown-Hamblen East was able to grind out a solid victory over Chuckey-Doak on Thursday, taking the game 7-4.
Landry Winstead looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Morristown-Hamblen East let Jonah Carden and Isaac Greene loose on the outfield. Carden scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Greene went 2-for-3 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Creech, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Morristown-Hamblen West has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Morristown-Hamblen East, their win ended a seven-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-17.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Friday as neither team is afraid to steal. Morristown-Hamblen West has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.2 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Morristown-Hamblen East struggles in that department as they've been averaging 2.8. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Everything went Morristown-Hamblen West's way against Morristown-Hamblen East in their previous meeting on April 2nd as Morristown-Hamblen West made off with an 18-0 victory. Will Morristown-Hamblen West repeat their success, or does Morristown-Hamblen East have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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