Hazelwood East has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the McCluer South-Berkeley Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. McCluer South-Berkeley took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Hazelwood East, who comes in off a win.
Hazelwood East will head into Thursday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the nine-run they dealt Normandy on Thursday. Hazelwood East blew past Normandy 10-1. Ten seems to be a good number for Hazelwood East as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Tyrone Gill was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. Trevion Bickley was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but McCluer South-Berkeley had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against McCluer North on Wednesday.
Reginald Gully II put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Gully II has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Gully II was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Gully II wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Mustafa Taylor, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Hazelwood East pushed their record up to 4-2 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for McCluer South-Berkeley, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3-1.
Hazelwood East skirted past McCluer South-Berkeley 9-8 in their previous matchup on April 9th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Gully II, who struck out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up five earned (and two unearned) runs off nine hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hazelwood East still be able to contain Gully II? There's only one way to find out.
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