Baseball Recap: White House-Heritage Patriots vs. Springfield Yellow Jackets
White House-Heritage entered their tilt with Springfield with 16 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 17. Everything went their way against the Springfield Yellow Jackets on Thursday as they made off with a 14-1 win. Considering White House-Heritage has won 12 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Dominic Malich looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Jude Griffin was a standout: he went 1-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Keathley, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
On Springfield's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Haydon Reynolds, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
White House-Heritage pushed their record up to 20-5 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Springfield, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-14.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. White House-Heritage will challenge Jo Byrns at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. White House-Heritage will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. As for Springfield, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Liberty Creek at 5:00 p.m.
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