Baseball Preview: Frankfort Falcons vs. Hedgesville Eagles
The Frankfort Falcons will head out on the road to square off against the Hedgesville Eagles at 7:34 p.m. on Thursday. Frankfort is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.3 runs per game this season.
In what's become a running theme this season, Frankfort gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They blew past Hampshire 17-7. The win made it back-to-back victories for Frankfort.
Jaxon Hare was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching six innings while giving up four earned runs off seven hits. Hare was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Blake Jacobs, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Uriah Cutter was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Hedgesville faced Musselman in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Hedgesville took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Musselman. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Hedgesville couldn't push the score so high this time.
Frankfort has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Hedgesville, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-9.
Frankfort came out on top in a nail-biter against Hedgesville in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 5-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for Frankfort since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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