The Emerson Mavericks will take on the Heritage Coyotes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Emerson has three straight victories, Heritage has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Emerson beats Heritage with six runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Emerson walked away with a 6-1 win over Heritage on Tuesday.
Finley Hambrick made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out six over 5.2 innings pitched. Hambrick was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one home run and four RBI. That home run was his first of the season.
Hambrick wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jalen McLin, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one triple.
Heritage's loss dropped their record down to 3-8-1. As for Emerson, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
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