Baseball Preview: Henderson Warriors vs. Downingtown West Whippets
Henderson and Downingtown West are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Henderson Warriors have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Downingtown West Whippets at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Henderson is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Bayard Rustin on Thursday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Golden Knights.
Henderson got a good showing from Jake Schultz, who tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
At the plate, Henderson saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tristan Lander, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Downingtown West fell victim to East and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 9-0 walloping at the hands of the Vikings. The matchup marked the first time this year in which Downingtown West was not able to get on the board.
Henderson's loss dropped their record down to 6-4-1. As for Downingtown West, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3.
Everything went Henderson's way against Downingtown West when the teams last played back in March as Henderson made off with an 8-1 win. Does Henderson have another victory up their sleeve, or will Downingtown West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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