The Jay County Patriots will challenge the Hamilton Heights Huskies at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Jay County's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last nine matchups.
Jay County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Delta get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 14 contests by ten runs or more this season.
Mallory Winner made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit over four innings pitched. Winner was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI.
Jaelynn Lykins
| 05/27/25 vs Delta | 4 |
| 05/23/25 @ Richmond | 3 |
| 05/17/25 vs Madison-Grant | 3 |
| 05/17/25 vs Cowan | 8 |
| 05/15/25 vs Heritage | 3 |
| + 2 more games |
In other batting news, Jay County let Jaelynn Lykins and Jozey Shimp run wild. Lykins went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two doubles, while Shimp went 3-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Lykins is on a roll when it comes to RBI, as she's now brought in three or more in each of the last seven games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Missicano, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Jay County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .364 or higher in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Hamilton Heights suffered their closest defeat since April 28th last Saturday. They fell just short of Greenfield-Central by a score of 3-1.
Kamryn Rhoton made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with one home run.
Hamilton Heights dropped their record down to 11-10 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Jay County, their record is now 20-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Jay County hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Hamilton Heights struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Jay County suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Hamilton Heights in their previous meeting back in May of 2019. Can the Patriots avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
