Baseball Recap: Harker Heights Makes It Five in a Row at Home

Knights

Margin (Wins)

03/14/25 @ Killeen	14
03/18/25 vs Killeen	13
03/06/25 vs Boerne	8
02/28/25 vs Weiss	8
02/28/25 vs Glenn	8

Harker Heights won against Killeen last Friday with 14 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Everything went the Harker Heights Knights' way against the Killeen Kangaroos as the Harker Heights Knights made off with a 14-1 win. Considering the Knights have won seven games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Harker Heights got a big performance out of Jonatan Mercado, who scored three runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Those three runs gave Mercado a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Sean Carr, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run.

Harker Heights hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Killeen struck out eight times.

Harker Heights pushed their record up to 10-3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 7 runs. As for Killeen, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-12.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Harker Heights will challenge Bryan at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Harker Heights' pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Bryan's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Killeen, they will face off against Shoemaker at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Shoemaker has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.2 runs per game on average), something Killeen will no doubt try to take advantage of.