Baseball Recap: Pratt Greenbacks vs. Hesston Swathers
Pratt had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.1 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They skirted past the Hesston Swathers 3-1. That's more bragging rights for Pratt, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
For Hesston's part, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Levi Flaming, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Hesston was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. This was only their first loss (out of five games) when they post three or more doubles.
Pratt pushed their record up to 11-4 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Hesston, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-4.
Pratt will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Hillsboro at 4:00 p.m. Hillsboro is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season. As for Hesston, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Newton at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hesston is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
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