Hillsborough is 1-9 against Leto since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Hillsborough Terriers will head out on the road to face off against the Leto Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
On Tuesday, Hillsborough didn't have quite enough to beat Armwood and fell 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Hillsborough has lost by just one run.
Aiden Morales put in work no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Morales has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Morales was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Morales wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Curtis Roberts, who went 1-for-1 with two stolen bases.
Even though they lost, Hillsborough didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Armwood only tossed five.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Leto's offense. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Steinbrenner on Tuesday. The shutout was out of character for Leto seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
This is the second loss in a row for Hillsborough and nudges their season record down to 8-10. As for Leto, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-11.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
