The Hedgesville Eagles will square off against the Williamsport Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Hedgesville will be strutting in after a victory while Williamsport will be coming in after a defeat.
Hedgesville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Spring Mills, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Hedgesville was ranked 18th). The Eagles came out on top against the Cardinals on Friday by a score of 6-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Cardinals recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
Austin Manor was excellent, going 1-for-3 with one home run and two runs. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Cash Dunham, who went 1-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Williamsport came up short against North Hagerstown on Wednesday and fell 10-6. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Hubs recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Hedgesville pushed their record up to 14-8 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Williamsport, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
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