The Eastern Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Federal Hocking Lancers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastern has four straight wins, Federal Hocking has 20 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Eastern gave up the first runs on Wednesday, but they didn't let that get them down. They won by a run and slipped past Southern 4-3.
Peyton Buckley was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Buckley has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances. Buckley was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Buckley wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Needs, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Federal Hocking came up short against Frontier on Wednesday and fell 13-8.
Eastern has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Federal Hocking, their loss dropped their record down to 0-20.
Everything went Eastern's way against Federal Hocking in their previous meeting back in April as Eastern made off with a 24-3 victory. Does Eastern have another victory up their sleeve, or will Federal Hocking turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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