Baseball Preview: Hillsboro Trojans vs. Pratt Greenbacks
Hillsboro is 0-10 against Pratt since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Hillsboro Trojans will stay at home for another game and welcome the Pratt Greenbacks at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Hillsboro earned a 10-6 victory over Nickerson.
Dalton Philpott and Zander Haslett did most of the damage at the plate: Philpott scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Haslett scored two runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-4. Philpott has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Hurst, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, 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 narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Swathers 3-1.
Hillsboro is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-12 record this season. As for Pratt, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-4.
Hillsboro suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Pratt in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Will Hillsboro have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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