Baseball Preview: American Heritage Patriots vs. Utah Military Academy - Hill Field Thunderbirds
After two games on the road, American Heritage is heading back home. They will welcome the Utah Military Academy - Hill Field Thunderbirds at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in American Heritage's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last three games.
On Tuesday, everything went American Heritage's way against Utah Military Academy - Hill Field as American Heritage made off with an 18-2 victory. Considering the Patriots have won six contests by more than eight runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Sam Werner made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Werner was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-5. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last five games he's played.
In other batting news, American Heritage got a big performance out of Matthew Lake, who scored four runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Colin Downs, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with four RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, American Heritage didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've posted since back in September of 2023.
The win got American Heritage back to even at 7-7. As for Utah Military Academy - Hill Field, they dropped their record down to 4-4 with that loss, which was their third straight at home.
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