Oak Hall's found some homefield redemption this week after a tough overtime loss to Gainesville on Wednesday. The Oak Hall Eagles walked away with a 12-9 win over The Villages Charter Buffalo. This was payback for Oak Hall, who suffered a 6-4 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Darion Medley was a standout: he got on base in four of his five plate appearances with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Harrison Beach was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
On The Villages Charter's side, they got a good showing from Nathan Budill, who struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (and not a single walk).
On the hitting side, Daniel Bitting and Torin Foley stepped up to the plate in a big way. Bitting scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Foley scored two runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Anderson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, The Villages Charter didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Oak Hall only tossed four.
Oak Hall pushed their record up to 5-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs per game. As for The Villages Charter, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-5.
Oak Hall will head out on the road to square off against Saint Francis Catholic at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. As for The Villages Charter, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Umatilla at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Umatilla is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
