The Highland Park Hornets will head out on the road to  square off against  the Sunray Bobcats  at 4:30  p.m.  on Friday. Highland Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1  runs per game  this season.
On Tuesday, Highland Park made easy work of Follett  and carried off  a  15-2 victory. The  win made it back-to-back  victories for the Hornets.
 Kaitlin Lucas was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound,   tossing two innings while giving up   no  earned runs off   one  hit. Lucas was also stellar in the batter's box,  going a perfect 1-for-1 with one  home run and four  RBI.
 In other pitching news,  Ashlyn Jones looked comfortable as she  pitched two innings while giving up   no  earned runs off   two  hits.
 Back at the plate, Highland Park got a  massive  performance out of  Roxanne Shields, who  went 2-for-3 with three  runs, four  RBI,  and one  triple. Those  four  RBI gave  Shields a new career-high. Another player making a difference was  J'Niyah Hearn, who  scored three  runs and  stole two bases while  getting on base  in three of her four plate appearances.
 Meanwhile, Sunray fought the good fight in their extra-innings  matchup against Gruver  on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Greyhounds by a score of  14-12. Surprisingly, this marked the fourth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.
 Highland Park's record is now 5-12-1. As for Sunray, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
 Highland Park might still be hurting after the  18-12 defeat they got from Sunray  in their previous meeting  on March 5th. Can Highland Park avenge their  loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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