Baseball Recap: Heritage Pride vs. Dominion Titans
Heritage had to endure a five-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against the Dominion Titans on Tuesday as the Heritage Pride made off with a 10-2 win. The result was nothing new for Heritage, who have now won six games by eight runs or more so far this season.
Aaron Van Tuyle was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Van Tuyle has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Van Tuyle was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Heritage let Cooper Miskelly and Justin Goulet loose on the outfield. Miskelly scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Goulet got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Alec Jones, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Heritage's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-7. As for Dominion, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-6.
Heritage will have a chance to go back-to-back against Dominion: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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