For the second straight game, Harvard will face off against Plano. The Hornets will host the Reapers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Harvard hasn't scored more than a single run for five games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
Having struggled with ten defeats in a row, Harvard turned things around against Plano on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Reapers a 1-0 shutout. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Hornets have posted since May 15, 2024.
For Plano's part, Jason Phillips put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single hit and allowed only one earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Plano is 2-1 when Phillips posts ten or more strikeouts, but 5-15 otherwise. Phillips was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Phillips wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Amari Bryant, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base.
Plano's loss dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Harvard, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-9 and their overall record up to 5-14.
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