Baseball Preview: Terra Nova Tigers vs. Half Moon Bay Cougars
The Terra Nova Tigers will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Half Moon Bay Cougars at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Terra Nova has three straight wins, Half Moon Bay has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Terra Nova beats Half Moon Bay with six runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Terra Nova's pitcher stepped up to hand Priory a 6-0 shutout on Friday.
Not much got past Dominic Williams, who gave up just three hits to keep Priory off the board.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Vincent Smith, who went 4-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and a stolen base. Evan Wilson was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Half Moon Bay lost a heartbreaker to Menlo School when they met back in March of 2023, and they left with a heavy heart again on Thursday. Half Moon Bay fell 5-0 to Menlo School. Considering the last time Half Moon Bay couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
Connor Heath spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four earned (and one unearned) runs on eight hits.
At the plate, Half Moon Bay saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Riley Jackson, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Terra Nova's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-11-1. As for Half Moon Bay, their loss dropped their record down to 7-16.
Terra Nova suffered a grim 14-2 defeat to Half Moon Bay in their previous meeting back in April of 2021. Thankfully for Terra Nova, Liam Harrington (who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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