The Pearl River Central Blue Devils will challenge the Hancock Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Pearl River Central comes in on six and Hancock on seven.
Pearl River Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They beat Pascagoula by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 6-4.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hancock). Everything went their way against Terry on Thursday as they made off with a 16-1 victory. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matches by six runs or more this season.
Hancock got a massive performance out of Teegan DeWitt, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, three doubles, and one stolen base. Those three doubles gave DeWitt a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Abigail Carver, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one triple.
Hancock always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .741. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Pearl River Central's record is now 14-6-1. As for Hancock, their record now sits at 20-4.
Pearl River Central suffered a grim 10-4 defeat to Hancock when the teams last played back in March of 2022. Can the Blue Devils avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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