The Highlands Scots will venture away from home to square off against the Woodland Christian Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Highlands has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Woodland Christian will arrive with six straight wins.
Highlands fell victim to Woodland Christian and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They came up short against the Cardinals, falling 16-0.
For Woodland Christian's part, they let Jordan Villanuva and Ethan Howald run wild. Villanuva went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI, while Howald scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Howald a new career-high in RBI (three). Jandro Torres also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
Woodland Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .590. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive games.
Woodland Christian's victory was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Highlands, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
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