Baseball Preview: East Hardy Cougars vs. Tucker County Mountain Lions
After three games on the road, East Hardy is heading back home. They will take on the Tucker County Mountain Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. East Hardy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
Last Tuesday, East Hardy sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Southern. That's two games straight that East Hardy has won by just one run.
MASON HAMILTON made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. HAMILTON was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
HAMILTON wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was J.W. TEETS, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, neither Tucker County nor Tygarts Valley could gain the upper hand on Wednesday so the two teams had to settle for a 4-4 tie.
East Hardy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. With that tie, Tucker County's record moves to 1-11-1.
Everything went East Hardy's way against Tucker County in their previous meeting last Tuesday as East Hardy made off with a 13-1 victory. Will East Hardy repeat their success, or does Tucker County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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