The Carter Green Hornets will square off against the Morristown-Hamblen East Hurricanes at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Carter is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season.
Carter's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Fulton as they made off with a 10-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Green Hornets.
Mayson Lang made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over 5.2 innings pitched. Lang was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. What's more, he posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in March.
Luke Burnette
| 04/02/25 vs Fulton | 4 |
| 04/01/25 @ Fulton | 2 |
| 03/21/25 @ South-Doyle | 2 |
| 03/18/25 @ Northview Academy | 2 |
| 03/25/25 vs Seymour | 1 |
In other batting news, Luke Burnette was incredible, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kingston Griph, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Morristown-Hamblen East and Morristown-Hamblen West faced off in a cross-town battle on Wednesday. The Hurricanes came up short against the Trojans, falling 19-2. The Hurricanes haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Morristown-Hamblen East saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landry Winstead, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Carter's victory bumped their record up to 12-2. As for Morristown-Hamblen East, their loss dropped their record down to 4-13-1.
Morristown-Hamblen East's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Carter hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .330. It's a different story for Morristown-Hamblen East, though, as they've only averaged .207. Will they be able to contain Carter's hitters?
Everything went Carter's way against Morristown-Hamblen East when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Carter made off with an 11-4 win. Do the Green Hornets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hurricanes turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
