For the first time this season, Oak Mountain will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will be playing at home against the Hoover Bucs at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Oak Mountain has three straight victories, Hoover has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Saturday, Oak Mountain had just enough and edged out Chelsea 4-3.
Josh Renfro
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Josh Renfro looked comfortable as he pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three).
On the hitting side, Oak Mountain saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caden Smith, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Hoover faced American Christian Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Bucs fell 5-2 to the Patriots. Bucs fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team has lost against the Patriots since Friday.
Oak Mountain's win bumped their record up to 19-8. As for Hoover, their loss dropped their record down to 17-11.
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