Heritage is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Tuscarora is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Heritage Pride will take on the Tuscarora Huskies at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Heritage: 3, Tuscarora: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Heritage's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Tuscarora on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 1-0. Heritage has not had much luck with Tuscarora recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Heritage saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aaron Van Tuyle, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base. Van Tuyle has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
Heritage's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-3. As for Tuscarora, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Tuscarora's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Heritage has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .457. It's a different story for Tuscarora, though, as they've only averaged .364. Will they be able to contain Heritage's hitters? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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