Baseball Preview: Hilliard Red Flashes vs. Hamilton County Trojans
The Hilliard Red Flashes will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Hamilton County Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Hilliard will be strutting in after a victory while Hamilton County will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Hilliard finally turned things around against Ribault on Friday. Hilliard won by a run and slipped past Ribault 5-4.
Chris Harris looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Braden Allen, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Cooper, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 17 runs the game before, Hamilton County was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They lost 11-2 to Lafayette. Hamilton County has not had much luck with Lafayette recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Gabriel Garcia was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). Garcia was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Garcia wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sebastian Tordsen, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Hilliard pushed their record up to 6-14 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Hamilton County, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-17.
Hilliard came out on top in a nail-biter against Hamilton County in their previous meeting back in May of 2022, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Hamilton County's Trayson Rogers, who tossed 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be that much easier for Hilliard to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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