Terry Sanford is 8-1 against Harnett Central since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Terry Sanford Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Harnett Central Trojans at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Terry Sanford comes in on eight and Harnett Central on three.
Harnett Central's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Terry Sanford had not allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Terry Sanford's pitchers stepped up to hand Pine Forest a 5-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Josh Hart tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ryan Seagroves was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was Mason Walker, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Harnett Central sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Triton on Tuesday.
Harnett Central saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Sears, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
Terry Sanford has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Harnett Central, their victory bumped their record up to 19-7.
Terry Sanford suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Harnett Central when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Harnett Central's Layton Babb, who struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that Terry Sanford knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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