The Hermon Hawks will head out to face off against the Mt. Ararat Eagles at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday. Hermon's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so Mt. Ararat's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Hermon fell victim to Hampden and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Broncos by a score of 1-0. The Hawks have struggled against the Broncos recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Mt. Ararat faced Greely in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Eagles narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Rangers 7-5. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Eagles have posted since May 4th.
Daniel Beal was excellent, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Morrell, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
The victory made it two in a row for Mt. Ararat and bumps their season record up to 15-3. As for Hermon, their loss dropped their record down to 12-5.
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