Baseball Game Preview: West Harrison Hurricanes vs. Long Beach Bearcats

For the second straight game, West Harrison will face off against Long Beach. The Hurricanes will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Bearcats at 2:00 p.m.

Having struggled with 12 defeats in a row, West Harrison turned things around against Long Beach on Friday. They had just enough and edged out the Bearcats 9-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Hurricanes have posted since March 12th.

Reece Parker

Runs

04/11/25 @ Long Beach	4
03/28/25 vs Picayune	4
03/03/25 @ Gautier	4
03/08/25 @ Stone	3
04/08/25 vs Long Beach	2
+ 12 more games

The team relied heavily on Reece Parker, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, four runs, and one triple. He has become a key player for West Harrison: the team is 5-2 when he posts at least two runs, but 4-13 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Sandel, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI and one double.

West Harrison's victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-10 and their overall record up to 9-15. As for Long Beach, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 13-11.