Baseball Preview: Gainesville Leopards vs. Hirschi Huskies
Gainesville is 6-0 against Hirschi since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Gainesville Leopards will head out on the road to face off against the Hirschi Huskies at 4:00 p.m. Gainesville is no doubt hoping to put an end to an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Gainesville is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Hirschi on Tuesday as Gainesville made off with a 21-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Gainesville considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Cade Searcy made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Searcy was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Noah Green and London Daniels did most of the damage at the plate: Green scored four runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Daniels went 3-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Max Neelley, who scored three runs while going 3-for-5.
Gainesville's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-15. As for Hirschi, they are on a 13-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-18.
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