Preview: Heritage Huskies vs. Southern Nash Firebirds
The Heritage Huskies will be playing at home against the Southern Nash Firebirds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Heritage will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
On Thursday, Heritage had just enough and edged Millbrook out 7-5. That's two games straight that Heritage has won by exactly two runs.
Dalton Strand tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Parker Cato was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Andrew Kilgore was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Southern Nash can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. They never let Rocky Mount onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory. While fans of Southern Nash might be used to big wins, the 11-run margin marked the team's biggest win yet this season.
Keegan Wallace was a standout: he went 4-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and a double. Another player making a difference was Blake Strickland, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Heritage's victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Southern Nash, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season.
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