Lewisburg was led to victory by Matthew Osteen, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Osteen was dialed in and struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. He played a big game the last time he faced Hernando, so the team probably should've seen him coming. Osteen has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive pitching appearances.
Osteen's strong effort led Lewisburg over Hernando and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Osteen has dominated as far as earned runs are concerned (he's averaged 0.5 per game this season), but he's got his work cut out for him considering Hernando has only allowed 3.18 per game this season.
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