The Spring Mills Cardinals will head out to take on the Fort Hill Sentinels at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Spring Mills' pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Fort Hill's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Spring Mills is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Jefferson, who was ranked ninth at the time (Spring Mills was ranked 22nd). The Cardinals came up short against the Cougars on Thursday, falling 7-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Cardinals have suffered since May 8, 2024.
Spring Mills saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Eichelberger, who went 1-for-3 with one double. That double was Eichelberger's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Fort Hill hadn't done well against Northern Garrett recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Sentinels walked away with a 6-3 victory over the Huskies. The win was nothing new for the Sentinels as they're now sitting on three straight.
Coye Resh was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Bobby Brauer was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Fort Hill's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-2. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.7 runs over those games. As for Spring Mills, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-3.
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