Baseball Game Preview: Highland on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 6:37am

Baseball Preview: Highland Hornets vs. Garfield Heights Bulldogs

The Highland Hornets will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Garfield Heights Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Garfield Heights took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Highland, who comes in off a win.

On Friday, Highland narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Chardon 4-3.

Cooper Richnafsky looked comfortable as he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Landon Sooy, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Kyle Williams was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, Garfield Heights is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 10-0 to Rhodes on Tuesday. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Garfield Heights has not been shut out since back in April.

Highland is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Garfield Heights, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.

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