The Harrison Central Huskies will venture away from home to challenge the Oak Glen Golden Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Harrison Central's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Oak Glen's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Harrison Central is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Indian Creek on Monday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Redskins. The loss continues a trend for the Huskies in their meetings with the Redskins: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, Oak Glen got the win against East Liverpool on Thursday by a conclusive 13-6. With that victory, the Golden Bears brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Christian Chappell made a big impact no matter where he played. He pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
In other batting news, Noah Willey was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and three runs. Oak Glen is undefeated when Willey posts two or more runs, but 3-10 otherwise. Cam Carter also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Oak Glen was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Harrison Central's defeat dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Oak Glen, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-10.
Harrison Central couldn't quite get it done against Oak Glen in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 as they fell 4-0. Can the Huskies avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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