The Westover Patriots will challenge the Dougherty Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Westover is looking for their season's first victory.
Westover is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They took a 13-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Dougherty on Tuesday. Even if the Patriots couldn't come away with the win, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
Westover got a big performance out of Jordyn Shorter, who scored two runs and stole Four bases. while going 2-for-4. That's the most runs Shorter has posted since back in February of 2024. Another player making a difference was Aden Reese, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Westover always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .625. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
The victory made it two in a row for Dougherty and bumps their season record up to 9-3. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 8.5 strikeouts in those games compared to only 4.1 in the others. As for Westover, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
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